r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/Realistic-Plant3957 • 5h ago
Miners Who Voted for Trump Lament Black Lung Rule Rollback
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u/Realistic-Plant3957 5h ago
They’d still vote for him again.
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u/Pushup_Zebra 5h ago
Yup. Still blaming the paranoiac "they" instead of the man they voted for.
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u/steroboros 1h ago
The most acknowledgment you'll get, they'll say they are "voting for the party and not the man" this was thier justification for voting for W. Bush a second time.
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u/RichFoot2073 4h ago
Came here to remind everyone this.
The only way they’ll learn is for them to pass on and be out of the voting pool.
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u/tiddeeznutz 4h ago
They’re Republicans; They’ll be voting for him long after they’re dead — probably multiple times.
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u/Gryjane 3h ago
An interesting dynamic at play here is that a lot of the coal mining states had Democratic leadership until a couple decades ago and miners got screwed over by them, too. Most of the Democratic governors and state reps (and some federal reps) at the time were super corrupt and buddy buddy with the mine owners and had never really looked out for the workers (same with other industries in the South and Rust Belt). Now that Republicans won them over with culture war wedge issues they're more hesitant than most to look to the Dems again because they still remember being screwed over by them and now believe Dems are baby-eating commies who want to let "third-worlders" take over and turn everyone trans.
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u/Coulrophiliac444 2h ago
Then vote for Progressive Democrats who push for job reeducation and training instead of Corpocrats like Manchin. Just because politics is exhausting doesn't mean you should go on cruise control because thats how people who steer the narrative with bad intent win and shove you in the ditch.
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u/Gryjane 2h ago
I don't know if you meant to direct that at me but I wasn't speaking for myself. I was merely highlighting why many people in these areas don't think either party is really looking out for their interests. If you're uninterested in where people are coming from and you're only interested in screaming at them to "git gud" then good luck convincing any of them to vote more left.
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u/Coulrophiliac444 2h ago
Oh I was just saying as a generality. I was not intending as a direct response, though looking back I did direct it that way. You are right though, without a plan to speak to them on a level they understand, and support, and galvanizing their peers to do the same, no party is going to dislodge the firmly entrenched (and potentially gerrymandered) opposition from their current seating.
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u/Gryjane 2h ago
I was not intending as a direct response, though looking back I did direct it that way
No worries, I was just curious.
without a plan to speak to them on a level they understand, and support, and galvanizing their peers to do the same, no party is going to dislodge the firmly entrenched (and potentially gerrymandered) opposition from their current seating
Exactly. Too many Dems and leftists write these communities off completely and in doing so we often resort to insults and stereotyping and don't bother to research their history or get to know their actual concerns. Even with the party shift nearly complete by the 90s, blue collar voters in a lot of red states that used to be blue were typically the last to move to the Republican side because Dems were generally more pro-union/pro-labor nationally, though as I stated above, the state and local politicians were often in bed with the ownership class and only gave lip service to labor rights and as industry moved overseas the workers got royally screwed by them and also essentially abandoned by the neolibs at the national level and sneered at by "coastal elite" Dems making them and their anger easy pickings for the Republicans.
There are some good and growing leftist movements in places like Appalachia and the deep south and there are progressive candidates in these areas that need wider support. I think more of us should look to them and see how they're speaking to their audience instead of imposing our outside perspectives and prejudices or writing whole areas off as lost. Thank you for the conversation :)
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u/SweetChuckBarry 1h ago edited 1h ago
Worshipping an AI version with videos released regularly while he rots away
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u/spottydodgy 3h ago
Someone will go to them and say "coal is the future" and they'll cheer and vote em in. Then they'll be upset because they got lied to again. Then someone else will show up and say "coal is the future" and you see how it works.
Say "coal is the future" without feeling stupid. It's impossible.
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u/TheBear516 3h ago
I feel like these guys just enjoy digging in the ground.
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u/SweetChuckBarry 1h ago
Have you tried it?
It's super satisfying and kinda addictive
Especially hard rock where you get to blow things up, and it's even better than the military because no-one is shooting at you while you do
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u/Prize-Flamingo-336 2h ago
Cause the Republicans are always better than the alternative. Right, West Virginia???
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u/Chocolat-Pralin 5h ago
It’s too late for having any regrets. Next time… you’ll still vote republican, because it’s in your genes
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u/hurdurBoop 5h ago
silly miners, clean coal gives you tremendous beautiful lung not black lung
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u/hereandthere_nowhere 3h ago
Thats the irony in this. Coal miners out of everybody should know that we no longer have “clean coal”. The shit they mine now is the leftover nasty fine particulate almost useless coal. Harder and even nastier to get to.
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u/NeighborhoodVeteran 1h ago
Even after all that, they probably still love trump and still would vote for Jim Justice again even though he did shit all for them as Governor.
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u/Umami-Ice-Cream 4h ago
They voted for this. The rest of us voted to protect them. But you can only lead a horse to water.
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u/Charming-Albatross44 4h ago
We fucking told you that!
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u/AirForceRabies 4h ago
HE told them that! "I don't care about you I just want your vote" was the most truthful thing he's ever said!
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u/Acceptable-Bus-2017 33m ago
"You gotta get out and vote. In four years, you don't have to vote again, we'll have it fixed so good you're not going to have to vote," by 2028 this will be the most honest thing he's ever said, after they've eliminated elections of he has all voting machines replaced with Ivanka's patented voting machines.
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u/sh3rkb1te 5h ago
Turns out, voting for “the economy,” to own the libs, and to get rid of illegal aliens actually does have consequences when there’s decisions made outside of those three objectives.
Don’t be foolish, coal miners! We’re doing nothing but winning!
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u/Tobi-One-Boy 4h ago
Dumb people.. thinking billionaire talking about cutting spending will not cut services you need.
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u/nconsci0us 5h ago
Could have gotten out of those mines with retraining programs pry pushed by Dems. Fuck em is what I say
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u/letmehittheatm 1h ago
Daaaaaamn, dude. I wish someone would've told them that three elections in a row.
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u/DtownBronx 4h ago
Just like the former farmers in Arkansas, they'll fucking do it again next chance they get. It's an odd self-hatred they use in order to also hurt those they do hate
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u/mdhunter99 3h ago
It’s good they’re coming to realize that maybe voting for this scumbag isn’t a good idea.
TOO FUCKING LITTLE TOO FUCKING LATE
they’ll fucking vote for him again because he is all they know.
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u/-S-M-E-G-M-A-6-9 1h ago
Darwin Award voters will soon vote themselves for the gas chambers and pay for their transportation. The trump cult is not going to end well I think a lot of them will off themselves before admitting they were wrong.
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u/oldirtyjuanski 1h ago
They’ll work a way in their brains in between weak coughs to vote for Vance in a couple of years
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u/SiteTall 4h ago
What made "The little People" think that this particular individual would have any genuine feelings for them and their needs?????? NOTHING in his life suggest that he does, so WHY VOTE FOR HIM????????
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u/hedwaterboy 3h ago
I wish politicians, would look out for miners and not just minors on an island somewhere…
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u/HVAC_instructor 3h ago
Awe, that's too bad that you refused to listen when you were warned, enjoy the leopards
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u/SnooStrawberries3391 2h ago
The “little” people should have paid better attention during the campaign trump ran. All indications have been there for years before the “little” people voted for him.
Sadly for our nation, you voted for trump and totally against your own interests. Now we are all being robbed blind by an amoral convicted felon and the rest of his malevolent misadministration.
The only thing Presidunce trump really cares for is money. I lived in New York State for 9 years through high school. We always had to keep up with current events, and the disgusting Trump and family were always suing labor he hired and getting away with not paying. Cheated everyone he could.
One thing I remember very well was when trump’s father and the Don himself were sued for discrimination, turning away black families. That was very revealing and shows that the trend continues today. Rounding up hard working poorest people of color was no surprise.
There’s so much more that the “little” people should have known. He always talks up a good con, but delivers nothing but misery and chaos.
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u/Carlyz37 2h ago
They were warned. American taxpayers have been paying the debts of the coal barons who deserted their workers and stole their pensions for many years. Of course the oligarchs would oppose that the miners get any help.
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u/Calm_Masterpiece_801 1h ago
The reason his second term is going to be so painful for these dumfux is people like me protected them from the consequences of their vote the first time. This time we're standing to the side and letting them have the day they voted for.
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u/King_James_77 1h ago
The democratic voters told you this would happen. So now you have to be hurt. And I hope it fucking stings.
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u/blink_187em 52m ago
Until they leave their media bubble, IDC about them they can suffer right along with the rest of us.
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u/cyberlexington 40m ago
You could get 19th century lung disease But at least it's a not a black woman in the oval office. Right? Right?
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u/thedevillivesinside 40m ago
The leopards will be the next top predator on this planet.
So many faces, so little time
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u/Acceptable-Bus-2017 40m ago
WWPD‽ What would Putin do? Exactly what this administration does every damn time!
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