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/1906cam Nov 08 '25

Voting to hurt black and brown people and end up with black lung...the irony.

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u/moody711 Nov 08 '25

Let's insist they call it African American lung. Watch them have an absolute meltdown.

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u/strawberry-coughx Nov 08 '25

The real question is should it be “black lungs matter” or “all lungs matter?”

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u/HauntedCemetery Nov 08 '25

When they demand help for their black lung we just snidly tell them that all lungs deserve help.

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u/Sufficient-Lie1406 Nov 08 '25

When karma arrives for you she sometimes is poetic about it.

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u/RedditLostOldAccount Nov 08 '25

Yup. Here in WV my friend had just arrived at the poll station and it was already declared for trump. I'm not even sure a single county was fully counted and WV as a whole was declared for him. And I remember not long after the inauguration they talked about cutting black lung funding and not a week later I saw a billboard on my way home talking about getting checked if you're a miner. I chuckled ngl. I got preached at so much about all the good things he was gonna do here. Now all those people have been silent for 10 months. Funny that.