CHARLESTON, W.Va. - U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin has fired back at President Donald Trump’s criticism of the West Virginia Democrat for voting guilty on two articles of impeachment. Trump carried West Virginia by a whopping 42 percentage points in 2016. “Where I come from a person accused defends themselves with witnesses and evidence.”Trump continued his criticism of Manchin on Sunday, tweeting that “they are really mad at Senator Joe Munchkin in West Virginia. A month later, Manchin was again at the White House when Trump presented the Medal of Freedom to another former basketball great, West Virginia native Jerry West. YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN...Republicans have gained the upper hand in West Virginia in recent decades.

Source: thestar February 09, 2020 16:41 UTC