Washington Free Beacon editor in chief Matthew Continetti said on Thursday that West Virginia's attitude toward President Donald Trump is very different than inside the Washington, D.C. Beltway, and that it shows.
Continetti spoke with Fox News' Dana Perino after Trump's rally in Huntington, W.Va., where the president drew a large, cheering crowd.
He said that there was a large contrast between the way Trump was received in West Virginia and the way he is treated in Washington, D.C.
"What was fascinating to me about this speech is you would have no idea of the political and perhaps legal jeopardy President Trump faces in Washington, D.C. from the reaction of that crowd in West Virginia," Continetti said.
"Two very different attitudes toward the president: one in the beltway, which is pretty negative and skeptical, and another in his base of West Virginia which is overwhelmingly positive," he said.
During the rally, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announced that he was switching his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican.
