Gov. Jim Justice (R) used his second State of the State address as a victory lap for economic development and tourism in West Virginia, saying the state had avoided a lot of the partisan bickering that’s taking place in Washington, D.C.,” the Charleston Gazette Mail reports.

Then Justice held up his bulldog, Babydog, and turned her around: “They told every bad joke in the world about us. So from that standpoint, Babydog tells Bette Midler and all those out there, kiss her hiney.”

Classy guy.