West Virginia Governor Jim Justice is running for a U.S. Senate seat and a win could possibly help Republicans take the majority from the Democrats. As his second term comes to an end, Governor Justice talks about why his sights are set on becoming a U.S. senator, albeit reluctantly.
“I’d really surprise you. There’s not a fiber in me that really wants to go to D.C. but when it really boils right down to it, I do not think we’re going the right way and I truly, whether people believe it or not, my dad used to say all the time, ‘Son, if you know and the good Lord knows, that’s all that really matters’ and I do know. I’m a Patriot. I truly am. And I really believe in this country, and I think we’re going in a crazy way,” Justice told CBN News.
With the 72-year-old Republican hoping to replace retiring Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat, the West Virginia Senate race has high political stakes. When asked how it felt to possibly be the guy who could flip the U.S. Senate, Justice said, it would be “a big honor.”
“At the end of the day, I am
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