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Jim Justice: “It was the worst disaster that I have ever seen in my life.”

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

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Jim Justice Honors Victims, First Responders On 10th Anniversary Of 2016 West Virginia Flash Flood

Published | Video Starts at 10:25

I'm telling you, the people of West Virginia are really good. And they had to stay together to get through that. It was the worst disaster that I have ever seen in my life. And I know across this country from time to time, there's tough stuff, and we just got to come together. We did it in West Virginia. (10:25–10:30)

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