Bette Midler apologizes for Twitter 'outburst' calling West Virginia 'poor, illiterate': 'I'm just seeing red'
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Bette Midler apologized for an "outburst" on Twitter over Sen. Joe Manchin's opposition to the Build Back Better Act in which she called West Virginia "poor, illiterate and strung out"
On Monday, she took to social media to slam Joe Manchin, West Virginia's Democratic senator who has announced that he's against the Build Back Better Act, which would expand the country's social safety net. Bette Midler apologized after referring to the state of West Virginia as "poor, illiterate and strung out." (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Netflix) The singer was speaking out against Sen. Joe Manchin's opposition to the Build Back Better Act. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Bette Midler was recognized during the Kennedy Center honorees reception on Dec. 5, 2021. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
"What #JoeManchin, who represents a population smaller than Brooklyn, has done to the rest of America, who wants to move forward, not backward, like his state, is horrible," Midler tweeted. "He sold us out. He wants us all to be just like his state, West Virginia. Poor, illiterate and strung out."
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