Jim Justice's 'Babydog' makes appearance at Republican convention

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice's famous four-year-old bulldog "Babydog" made an onstage appearance at the Republican convention on Tuesday, alongside her owner who is running to replace Sen. Joe Manchin this November. 

Babydog has made multiple appearances with her owner at important gubernatorial events, and is even featured in a new mural under the golden dome of the West Virginia capitol building, according to the Associated Press. Her most notable appearance was during Justice's 2022 State of the State address, when the governor lifted her up and pointed her bottom toward the camera, telling singer Bette Midler to "kiss her heinie," after she claimed West Virginians were “poor, illiterate and strung out." 

The dog's entrance was met with cheers from the audience, along with chants of "Babydog!" Justice joked that the dog, which sat in an armchair on the stage, could predict the future.

“Babydog has got a prediction for everybody here. And here is the prediction: Babydog says that we will retain the House, the majority in the House, we are going to flip the United States Senate and overwhelmingly we are going to elect Donald J. Trump and J.D. Vance in November,” Justice said at the convention.

Justice also said that Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, was "super smart" and a "business guy." Justice was registered as a Democrat when running for governor, but switched parties in 2017 while at an event with Trump, per CNN. 

“The bottom line to why we’re here, the bottom line to every single thing that’s going on in this great country today is one thing: we become totally unhinged if Donald Trump is not elected in November,” Justice said.

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just the News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.