17 Jan 2023 3:17 pm
I didn't say he was the sole reason, but 51 years of being a representative of the State sure doesn't seem to have born much fruit... except for having a bunch of stuff named after Robert Byrd.impartialobserver » 17 Jan 2023, 4:10 pm » wrote: ↑ And you think that he is the sole reason for this? Who knew that you were such a comedian. The 16-24 year old of today that is moving away does not know of Byrd even in the slightest.
Byrd's steering of billions of Federal dollars to West Virginia earned him the sobriquets "King of Pork" by the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization Citizens Against Government Waste[6] and "Prince of Pork" from other taxpayer groups.[3] According to Citizens Against Government Waste, Byrd was the first legislator to bring $1 billion of "pork" spending to his home state.[3] The group named Byrd its initial "Porker of the Year" in 2002.[3]
I'm sure none of this involved personal kickbacks of any kind.
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