West Virginia Democrats are calling for Gov. Jim Justice to drop out as the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate over a series of financial conflicts, particularly the failure of the Justice-owned Greenbrier Hotel to ensure health insurance for employees.
“It’s one thing to default on a bank loan or a tax obligation or even a fine from a regulatory agency,” Democratic Party Chairman Mike Pushkin stated in a release distributed to West Virginia news outlets. “It’s another thing altogether to fail to pay the health care premiums for your workers with money that isn’t even yours. Because of his negligence, hundreds of workers and their families may lose their health care coverage.
