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Jim Justice: “We opened a Greenbrier to anybody to just come in and stay…”

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 06:49

And a lot of people say, boy, that was unbelievable that you did. And I would say, bull fe. It was what we do in West Virginia. We opened a Greenbrier to anybody to just come in and stay there. They walked in with no shoes on. They walked in, 700 of them. And the great thing about it is the people of the Greenbrier took care of them and tried to help them in every single way they possibly could. (06:49–07:02)

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Asserts that 700 people took shelter at the Greenbrier during the flood.

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