The governor of West Virginia lifted up his dog, raised its backside
in the air, and told actress Bette Midler to "kiss her hiney!" - as bizarre scenes played out in the state's capitol building.
Jim Justice performed the stunt as he took aim at his critics towards the end of his televised State of the State address last month.
Midler responded in a tweet by suggesting a dog's rear end would make a better governor than Mr Justice.
The actress and singer had been singled out by the 70-year-old Republican after she described the people of West Virginia as "poor, illiterate and strung out" in a tweet in December. Midler was criticising the state's Democratic senator Joe Manchin for voting against President Joe Biden's signature "Build Back Better" plan.
Mr Justice had not forgotten her choice of words when he said
during his speech on Friday: "Absolutely too many people doubted us. "They never believed n West Virginia... they told every bad joke in the world about us."
He then picked up his bemused-looking English bulldog, named Babydog, and swung her backside towards the cameras as he said: "And so from that standpoint, Babydog tells Bette Midler and all those out there, kiss her hiney!"
Mr Justice laughed as he received a round of applause.
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