Justice with Clinton

Press Release

Democrat gubernatorial candidate Jim Justice made it clear that he is an "I'm With Her" supporter. He refuses to come clean with West Virginia voters about his support for Hillary Clinton and for the liberal National Democratic Party that supports the Obama/Clinton agenda. In response to a new Cole for Governor TV ad, Justice refused to publicly admit to West Virginia voters that he supports Hillary Clinton. He knows that her agenda will cost West Virginia more good paying jobs and that voters are lining up to oppose her. That's why he doesn't want anyone to know that the same liberals who are backing her for president, are backing him for governor.

Similar to President Obama's promise to bankrupt the coal industry, Hillary Clinton promised to "put a lot of coal miners...out of business." During the last 8 years of the Obama administration, West Virginia has lost thousands of good paying jobs, paychecks haven't gotten any better for those fortunate enough to have a job, and small businesses struggle more than ever to make ends meet. Presidential elections matter to West Virginia. Gubernatorial candidates need to be open and transparent about who they support for President because the policies of the next president will have profound implications on our state's workers.

"It's bad enough that Jim Justice is trying to hide his support for Hillary Clinton when she will double down on President Obama's job killing environmental policies," said Cole spokesperson Kent Gates. "Now, Jim Justice has proven the he's not just supporting Hillary Clinton, he shares her politics. He thinks the rules don't apply to him just like Hillary Clinton, who skirted prosecution over her use of a private email server by ignoring federal law. Jim Justice thinks it is okay to earmark political cash contributions to President Obama's national political operation for a particular campaign, but no one else does," Gates continued.

Facts:

In a desperate attempt to fool voters, Jim Justice falsely claimed he and his wife's October 2011 contributions to the Democratic National Committee -- at a time when they were raising money for President Obama's reelection campaign -- were "earmarked" for the Kentucky Governor's race that year.
It is illegal under federal law to make contributions to any party or candidate that are earmarked beyond the individual contributions limits for the campaign.
Like West Virginia, Kentucky law limits personal contributions to a candidate to $1,000 per person for each election cycle.
Jim Justice's campaign knows that "earmarking" contributions is illegal and used it as a defense for him and his family contributing over $200,000 to the Republican Governors Association in 2012 when Governor Earl Ray Tomblin was running for reelection. The Justice campaign's consultant Larry Puccio claimed that the contributions were implied that the money was spent in other races. But, under federal law, no contribution to such an organization can be directed to any particular campaign.

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