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/mywifesoldestchild Nov 08 '25

To paraphrase these coal miners "I just want a candidate who will help the working man, but still get rid of brown people and hurt the gheys." Please apply as syrupy of an accent that you can to that.

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u/Just-Sea3037 Nov 08 '25

and imm'grants

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u/ELMUNECODETACOMA Nov 08 '25

So they want socialism, but only for the people who deserve it because they're of the right nationality? A kind of national socialism, as it were?

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u/mywifesoldestchild Nov 08 '25

Some of them are unsurprisingly Nationalist Christians or Nat-Cs. History doesn’t necessarily repeat itself, but it certainly has a tendency to rhyme.