{"id":1256433,"date":"2022-01-30T15:08:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T20:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1256433"},"modified":"2022-01-30T15:08:41","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T20:08:41","slug":"bette-midler-responds-to-west-virginia-governor-aiming-his-dogs-butt-at-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bette-midler-responds-to-west-virginia-governor-aiming-his-dogs-butt-at-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Bette Midler Responds To West Virginia Governor Aiming His Dog\u2019s Butt At Her"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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-responds-to-west-virginia-governor-aiming-his-dogs-butt-at-her%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=1256433&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--><p>Bette Midler couldn\u2019t let this one go.<\/p>\n<p>The outspoken liberal actress responded to West Virginia Governor Jim Justice holding up his bulldog\u2019s rear end and stating that Midler could, \u201cKiss her hiney.\u201d This act came as retaliation for derogatory comments the \u201cHocus Pocus\u201d alum made about the residents of West Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>Justice shared his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/west-virginia-governor-presents-his-bulldogs-butt-in-response-to-bette-midlers-elitist-rant\">not-too-subtle statement<\/a> at the conclusion of his State of the State address last week. The governor held up his famous bulldog Babydog butt first while saying, \u201cBabydog tells Bette Midler and all those out there, kiss her hiney.\u201d That act was met with a standing ovation.<\/p>\n<p>Now the 76-year-old actress is sharing her response publicly. Midler replied to Justice\u2019s diss on Twitter by retweeting an image of the event that included the caption, \u201cHere we can see a dog\u2019s a**hole. Right next to it is the butt of Jim Justice\u2019s dog.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a follow-up tweet, she shared, \u201cBTW, here are the state rankings of all the areas and agencies for which the so-called \u2018Governor\u2019 of WVA, #JimJustice, is responsible. Judging from these rankings, I\u2019d say his dog\u2019s ass would make a better Governor than him!\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BTW, here are the state rankings of all the areas and agencies for which the so-called \u201cGovernor\u201d of WVA, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JimJustice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JimJustice<\/a>, is responsible. Judging from these rankings, I\u2019d say his dog\u2019s ass would make a better Governor than him! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TJAB3oj5VV\">pic.twitter.com\/TJAB3oj5VV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 bettemidler (@BetteMidler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetteMidler\/status\/1487164407755026443?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Above the caption, she shared a photo from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/best-states\/west-virginia\">US News &amp; World Report<\/a>, which categorized West Virginia as the 47th best state overall out of 50 based on a rankings scorecard including health care, education, economy, infrastructure, and other factors. Many Twitter users reacted negatively, blaming Midler for yet again looking down on West Virginians.<\/p>\n<p>The tweet was reminiscent of what started the back and forth in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>In December, Midler took aim at Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), who at the time was opposing President Joe Biden\u2019s multi-trillion dollar spending bill. But instead of just attacking the senator\u2019s opinions, the actress reacted by insulting an entire community of people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat #JoeManchin, who represents a population smaller than Brooklyn, has done to the rest of America, who wants to move forward, not backward, like his state, is horrible. He sold us out. He wants us all to be just like his state, West Virginia. Poor, illiterate and strung out,\u201d Midler shared on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>The actress later apologized after getting a lot of heat on social media. \u201cI apologize to the good people of WVA for my last outburst,\u201d she wrote a little later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just seeing red; #JoeManchin 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!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Justice had previously responded to Midler\u2019s elitist take during a COVID-19 press conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBette, it\u2019s cruel, and it\u2019s really, really unfair. You know, we\u2019ve had a struggle, just like anybody\u2019s had a struggle, but just think about what we\u2019ve done,\u201d Justice said in defense of his state. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the last few years, we have become the diamond in the rough that everybody\u2019s missed. We have the four most beautiful seasons on the planet. Absolutely, we have the very best people, and I would welcome you to come and see these people. See these people that really care. People that love and appreciate others by what they do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bette Midler couldn\u2019t let this one go. The outspoken liberal actress responded to West Virginia Governor Jim Justice holding up his bulldog\u2019s rear end and stating that Midler could, \u201cKiss her hiney.\u201d This act came as retaliation for derogatory comments the \u201cHocus Pocus\u201d alum made about the residents of West Virginia. Justice shared his not-too-subtle &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1256433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1256433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1256433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1256433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1256433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1256433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1256433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}