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Jim Justice: “I was recruited basically to run for the Senate by an…”

Featuring: Jim Justice, Republican | U.S. Senate, West Virginia

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Senator Justice Speaks at the West Virginia Business Summit - August 28, 2025

Published | Video Starts at 05:09

You know, if you'll just think, all of a sudden you're the governor, then all of a sudden you spin around 14 times and you're a US senator. Then all of a sudden you're sitting. You know, you're I was recruited basically to run for the Senate by an incredible man, Leader Mitch McConnell. You know, I had the opportunity to be the keynote speaker at their Lincoln Day dinner in Kentucky, the biggest that they ever had. They had 800 people there. (05:09–05:18)

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Asserts that Mitch McConnell recruited him to run for the Senate.

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