{"id":1134101,"date":"2021-12-20T13:05:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T18:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1134101"},"modified":"2021-12-20T13:05:03","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T18:05:03","slug":"bette-midler-attacks-west-virginians-as-poor-illiterate-and-strung-out-then-apologizes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bette-midler-attacks-west-virginians-as-poor-illiterate-and-strung-out-then-apologizes\/","title":{"rendered":"Bette Midler Attacks West Virginians as &#039;Poor, Illiterate and Strung Out,&#039; Then Apologizes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbette-midler-attacks-west-virginians-as-poor-illiterate-and-strung-out-then-apologizes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1134101&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bettemidlerwv1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Left-wing Hollywood star Bette Midler has insulted the people of West Virginia, describing them as \u201cpoor, illiterate and strung out\u201d in a vicious Twitter rant aimed at Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV). She later apologized for her outburst, saying she was angry over the senator\u2019s decision to vote against President Biden\u2019s \u201cBuild Back Better\u201d plan.<\/p>\n<p>Bette Midler lashed out at the senator in a rageful tweet on Monday.&nbsp;\u201cHe wants us all to be just like his state, West Virginia. Poor, illiterate and strung out,\u201d she wrote. (The term \u201cstrung out\u201d typically refers to drug addiction.)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.4178082191781\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WV is a beautiful state with loyal hard working people who want desperately to make a good living for their families! Politicians have used WV workers for years to make coal companies rich on the backs of hard working dying coal miners.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bonnie Shannon (@BonnieS31925452) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BonnieS31925452\/status\/1472958823241506819?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>After receiving almost instant backlash, Midler switched to damage control mode. She issued an apology to the \u201cgood people\u201d of West Virginia , saying she was \u201cseeing red\u201d over Manchin\u2019s decision. \u201c[West Virginia]&nbsp;&nbsp;is a beautiful state with loyal hard working people who want desperately to make a good living for their families!\u201d she tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>She also accused Manchin and \u201chis whole family\u201d of being a \u201ccriminal enterprise.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.075075075075\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I apologize to the good people of WVA for my last outburst.  I\u2019m just seeing red; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JoeManchin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JoeManchin<\/a> and his whole family are a criminal enterprise.  Is he really the best WV has to offer its own citizens? Surely there\u2019s someone there who has the state\u2019s interests at heart, not his own!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 bettemidler (@BetteMidler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetteMidler\/status\/1472964848875188226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/19\/joe-manchin-to-oppose-4-91-trillion-build-back-better-act-effectively-killing-bill\/\">reported<\/a>, Sen. Manchin&nbsp;said on Sunday he will oppose the $4.91 trillion Build Back Better Act, effectively killing the \u201cmammoth\u201d legislation.&nbsp;\u201cI cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. \u2026 I can\u2019t get there,\u201d Manchin said on Fox News Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow David Ng on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeyItsDavidNg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@HeyItsDavidNg<\/a>. Have a tip? Contact me at&nbsp;<a class=\"c-link x5l\" href=\"mailto:dng@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">dng@breitbart.com<\/a><\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Left-wing Hollywood star Bette Midler has insulted the people of West Virginia, describing them as \u201cpoor, illiterate and strung out\u201d in a vicious Twitter rant aimed at Sen. 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