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Trump Jr., Guilfoyle join Morrisey, Miller for final campaign swing through southern WV

BECKLEY, W.Va. — Republicans Patrick Morrisey and Carol Miller were in Raleigh County on Monday, joined by Donald Trump Jr. and former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle, as the two candidates made a final appeal to voters in southern West Virginia, ahead of Tuesday’s elections.

Patrick Morrisey

Morrisey touched on familiar campaign themes in his bid to replace Democratic incumbent Joe Manchin in the U.S. Senate, accusing Manchin of being a fair-weather supporter of President Trump and of being a political opportunist who takes his marching orders from U.S. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer.

Shortly after the rally, Morrisey was a guest via phone on “MetroNews Talkline,” telling host Hoppy Kerchival voters are being misled by television and radio commercials suggesting that he is beholden to pharmaceutical companies, and that he has favored those interests during his tenure as West Virginia’s attorney general.

“We have a really strong record fighting opiod abuse…I know there have been $25 million of ads saying the opposite…but we have a great record on substance abuse, said Morrisey, who also urged voters not to be swayed by their familiarity with Manchin.

“They may like him, but I think they know that the consequence of voting for Manchin is that Schumer is going to be in power, and that’s not good for West Virginia,” he said.

Carol Miller

Miller, who is running in West Virginia’s Third Congressional District, again accused her Democratic opponent, Richard Ojeda, of embracing socialism and anti-capitalist government policies, which she said was in sharp contrast to her record as a business owner.  She also said her stated positions were more reflective of West Virginia values than were Ojeda’s.

“I believe in hard work. I believe in economic development. I am pro-life. He is not pro-life. I support the 2nd Amendent…I raise American buffalo. I’m a business owner. I understand the heart of West Virginia,” said Miller, adding that she believes government intervention is at the heart of Ojeda’s political philosophy.

Miller also pushed back against the notion that she has been curtailing her public appearances in recent weeks, telling a reporter, “I’m sorry if you haven’t seen me lately, but a lot of people have.  I have been on the road, my car has 109,000 miles on it. We’ve hit the road a lot.”

Following his appearance in Beckley on Monday, Morrisey, along with Trump Jr. and Guilfoyle, continued his final day of campaigning with stops in Putnam, Marion, and Berkeley counties.