Byrd Was ‘West Virginian of the 20th Century’ The Associated Press looks at the impact that Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV), who passed away last night, had on his home state: “Outside critics like Citizens Against Government Waste crowned him the ‘King of Pork,’ dismissing the billions of federal dollars he sent to West Virginia as worthless ‘Byrd Droppings.’ But back in Charleston, a grateful legislature crafted a fitting description for the Democrat who dedicated his life to representing his state’s people in Washington: They had his likeness cast in larger-than-life bronze for the first and only statue in the history of the state Capitol, and mounted it on a pedestal declaring him ‘West Virginian of the 20th Century.'”
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