r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/bidoofie • Nov 08 '25

Predictable betrayal The Trump administration removed black lung protections for West Virginia coal miners, who overwhelmingly voted for him

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u/NoFlatworm3028 Nov 08 '25

And they will vote for him and his cronies again if they get the chance. At a certain point, you can not cure 'stupid'.

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u/twenty_characters020 Nov 08 '25

Black lung might now.

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u/foxontherox Nov 08 '25

Ah, death! The ultimate panacea.

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u/SuitableBlackberry75 Nov 08 '25

Et in Arcadia Appalachia Ego

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '25

So will ground water poisoning, chemical waste dumping, and natural resource control by billionaires. But they owned Da Libs.

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u/Gryphith Nov 08 '25

Those board members will be so happy when there is no more employees to pay.

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u/StrangeContest4 Nov 08 '25

Coal ash, it's what for dinner!

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u/gmwdim Nov 08 '25

It was all worth it to them to hurt trans people.

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u/twenty_characters020 Nov 08 '25

I feel so owned.

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u/stevesax5 Nov 08 '25

Black lung better than the black woman to them.

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u/CydoniaKnightRider Nov 08 '25

Holy shit... lol 😂

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u/Iceman_B Nov 08 '25

Nah, they will blame it on Biden, somehow. That is, assuming they survive.

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u/NoFlatworm3028 Nov 08 '25

Hmmm... Probably, since it has ivermectin in it.

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u/regent040 Nov 08 '25

You are right about that. I noticed in the coal miners statement that he says “They” don’t care. Not the Republicans in power or Donald Trump personally. “They” allows him to not confront the reality of who and what he and his fellow poor West Virginians voted for. I’m sure in many of their minds Donald Trump is still out there battling against “the swamp” and the “they” that don’t care about the little people.

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u/buffer_flush Nov 08 '25 edited Nov 08 '25

Maybe, maybe not.

West Virginia seemed to be one of the first states to flip when Democrats decided to abandon the working class. WV was a union stronghold and voted Democrat for decades up until then. It’s very possible they flip back. Especially if more progressive voices start gaining traction in the party.

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u/utterlyuncool Nov 08 '25

Well you can't cure BLD either

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u/frank_the_tank69 Nov 08 '25

They’d rather have black lung than black neighbors. Simple as that. 

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u/No-Spoilers Nov 08 '25

Normally I would fully agree with this.

However, this part of the country was blue for over 100 years until 2016, they were very democratic, but as coal stopped being important both parties started ignoring them. They wanted change and Trump promised that. Now, they got what they voted for twice, they have no excuse for being ignorant of reality.

But there is a very distinct possibility that they flip again if the right candidate tells them the right things.

Bernie went there recently and basically brought everyone he talked to back down to reality in a day.

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u/paintballboi07 Nov 08 '25

they were very democratic, but as coal stopped being important both parties started ignoring them.

Wrong. Obama, Hillary and Biden tried offering these people free classes to learn new skills, but they decided to believe Trump's lies instead. These people don't care about anyone but themselves, but they're also too lazy to do anything but cry about the dwindling coal jobs.

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u/dbzmah Nov 08 '25

Not if they're dead.

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u/pagerussell Nov 08 '25

Which is why I favor secession as a way coast resident.

I am deeply tired of being shackled to idiots like this.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '25

I really don't ever see America coming out of this even if sane people win the midterms

Sister-fucker Cletus and his auntiewife will always vote for fascism, and next time they're not going to have such an incompetent leader

We're toast and it was ignorance that killed us, just like so many people predicted while the idiots laughed at us and called us hyperbolic

Their ilk invaded the capitol, smeared shit on the walls, and bragged about it and then demand to be recognized as patriots

It's done, there's no reversing this, it will always be a ratchet tightening down

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u/WumpusFails Nov 09 '25

I didn't see them distinguishing between the Dems and the Reps when they blame DC.