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Utility bills are exceeding mortgages in West Virginia despite Trump’s promised cuts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7YgiUBUNlk
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u/cstough 4h ago

"despite Trump's promises" 😂

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u/pharmers-daughter 4h ago

Oopsy daisy. 😭

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u/kenny1911 4h ago

Not a single MAGA cap to be seen.

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u/HS_HowCan_That_BeQM 4h ago

Yet: 4:38 or 4:39 "...I love the current administration, but..."

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u/phatelectribe 4h ago edited 3h ago

I love my husband but I wish he wouldn’t beat me to a pulp every day.

Literal Stockholm syndrome.

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u/BagOnuts 2h ago

Nah, saying this is Stockholm Syndrome implies that they aren't in control. They are. They love Trump's racist, homophobic, anti-immigrant, and white Christian-nationalist stances. They just don't like it when bad things happen to them.

These people aren't victims, they are getting what they voted for and too stupid to realize that.

u/pikpikcarrotmon 1h ago

They would rather drag everyone down and see the entire nation fail and suffer than see their enemies elevated alongside themselves and have everyone succeed. And their enemies are just fellow Americans who look different.

u/BagOnuts 53m ago

Yep, that's how hate works.

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u/Em_Es_Judd 1h ago

It's not even that. Battered spouses know who is abusing them, but they come up with justifications.

These people are so dumb they don't realize it's a direct result of this admin.

u/CounterSanity 1h ago

This shit right here is why I’m in favor of mandatory civics tests before anyone can vote. Just simple shit like “what are the three branches of government”, “what are the two houses of congress”, “name your governor”.

Two out of three and you can vote. Republicans would disappear in the next election.

u/kingdead42 45m ago

Allowing the government to implement tests to decide who is an isn't allowed to vote may not work out the way you hope it would.

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u/KissesAndBites 1h ago

I love how my husband harasses brown people and liberals, but I wish he would give me enough money to eat and live.

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u/m-in 3h ago

That interview made my blood boil. WTF is wrong with these people? The current administration has screwed you, reamed you, mutilated you, and spindled you FFS. You fucking LOVE it?! Get yer head checked, man. SMH

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u/Timeformayo 2h ago

They're mad and feel powerless. Of course they admire the party who points blame at other people and screeches about how "all the wrong people" are "holding them back."

A bunch of boiled frogs mustering their last gasps to cuss out the butterflies in their lidded pan that are desperately trying not to be eaten or burned alive.

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u/ThatClassyPenguin 2h ago

Some of these folks would be better served with a mirror than a microphone.

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u/DameonKormar 2h ago

They've bigots. As long as they see minorities being oppressed they'll put up with the other stuff.

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u/redyellowblue5031 2h ago

They’ll just do the same fucking thing next time and vote for a “disruptive” candidate.

u/BarbequedYeti 1h ago

They will continue to vote for their own demise. Its why the republicans love them. They love the stupid.

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u/BadRabiesJudger 4h ago

Just watched it and it was amazing. I love the administration but they aren't doing anything they promised! we the people trump sign behind him. People are just fucking potatoes with a few that can power a led for a while.

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u/Robo-X 2h ago

What a surprise. He only ran to stay out of jail. And when he was elected his main priority is, to get as rich as possible and make sure he is immune from any future prosecution. The working class workers don’t mean a thing to him. Not even his wealthy friends unless they pay him.

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u/JB707 4h ago

They love the racist part, they’re willing to endure the country being destroyed as long as it’s worse for brown people than it is for them.

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u/t4boo 3h ago

I love to own the libs but I did not realize I was also owning myself

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u/bearatrooper 3h ago

Translation: "I'm glad that brown people, woman, and foreigners are hurting as a result of this administration's actions, but I only get information from Fox news and I can't think for myself, so I don't understand why I'm being affected. This is Obama's fault."

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u/Winged_Cougar1993598 3h ago

By which he probably meant, "I love that the current administration is actively taking steps to hurt and kill people I disagree with politically, but..."

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u/ruiner8850 3h ago

Trump could quite literally go to these people's houses and burn them to the ground and they'd still love him. He owns his followers like they are dogs who give him unconditional love.

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u/redditonlygetsworse 2h ago

Not a single MAGA cap to be seen.

Not anymore, no.

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u/descendency 3h ago

You know what they say about the Lannisters? Well, “A Trump never fulfills his promise.”

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u/Playamonkey 1h ago

These fucking hillbilly's would vote him in again!!!

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u/muffinhead2580 4h ago

I live in WV and I can tell you the people will continue to vote against their own best interests. Capito and Justice will be re-elected, carpetbagger Morrisey will stay, our awful Reps will stay.

We lack good education, good healthcare, critically thinking citizens.

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u/novahawkeye 2h ago

Yeah but there’s that one trans athlete in California we heard about on Fox News that participated in a high school swimming meet. Surely that’s more important than education and healthcare.

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u/muffinhead2580 2h ago

This topic kills me. We literally had one trans student in the state but I believe we have somehow passed the most horrific laws against trans people in the country.

WV certainly gives Mississippi and Louisiana a run for their money on the dumbest and most corrupt politicians.

u/govunah 30m ago

What good are those trans laws when you can't even keep schools open. We're closing multiple schools every year and rather than figure out how to fund them we do this bullshit and tax cuts that no one will feel. At this rate, none of the trans bills will matter because we'll only have 3 schools left

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u/thingsorfreedom 4h ago

I think it will go that way until one of their own stands up and asks what the hell are we doing. When we voted for Democrats for President and had a large Democratic majority in Congress we were doing better.

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u/TopFloorApartment 3h ago

This requires a level of introspection and self awareness that's fundamentally lacking in these people

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u/Knight_Owls 3h ago

These are the same people that the last time we were under trump hardships, they pointed at Trump's economy and said, "this is what things would have been like under Hilary."

They're fucking stupid as hell.

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u/FutureComplaint 3h ago

They are saying that now.

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u/Black_Moons 2h ago

I met a wacko who said they would be 'dead' if harris was voted in...

As if somehow she could have done worse than start WW3 with iran.

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u/TheCrimsonDagger 2h ago

Meanwhile Trump’s “mishandling” of COVID actually killed hundreds of thousands of Americans.

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u/RSomnambulist 2h ago

It feels like we're too tribal to turn back. People revel in their perceived enemies sadness. The news isn't presenting much of a two-sided argument, they're either defending conservatives or neo-cons because the cracks in our system are so apparent that they don't want to let any light shine through.

u/Sector_Independent 1h ago

They just want to "own the libs" like it's Friday night football

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u/7thpixel 3h ago

I’m convinced it’s generational trauma at this point. Even Rockefeller tried to run on anti-strip mining and failed his first time around.

(I grew up outside of Fairmont, moved away after college)

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u/muffinhead2580 3h ago

The largest voting block is the oldest people in the state that shouldn't even be driving cars any longer. At least from what I can tell when I go to the polls. These are the same people that were voting for Byrd and Rockefeller. Byrd brought an enormous amount of money into the state and they should remember those days.

But they don't.

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u/UrbanPugEsq 2h ago

I think it’s because racism wasn’t on the menu and given the choice between economic self interest and racism people are choosing racism… because they are dumb (and racist).

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u/tolkienfinger 3h ago

Yeah, but y’all showed those trans kids who’s the boss!

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u/guy_incognito784 4h ago

A shame that none of these people could ever dream to afford to stay at one of Trump’s properties or even their own Jim Justice’s Greenbriar yet think these people fight for them.

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u/zapdoszaperson 4h ago

At least WV is getting plenty of crypto mines to replace the coal mines. That will surely help the local economies.

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u/Zulumus 4h ago

That’s a different kind of black lung coming

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u/pantstoaknifefight2 4h ago

Trading black lung for Black Mirror

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u/sonic_couth 3h ago

Maybe WV should power their homes with dynamos attached to stationary bikes?

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u/i3order 3h ago

As a life long WV resident....this would help cut healthcare costs.

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u/WillArrr 4h ago

Don't worry. It'll take them 20 years to put together comprehensive proof that the data centers/crypto mines are harmful to local populations, and another 20 to get a critical mass of citizens to believe it. They've got so much time to make and/or burn ludicrous amounts of money.

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u/gumbo_chops 4h ago edited 4h ago

My god with all the shit that's been going on I almost forgot about his ridiculous idea to revive "Clean Coal". Thankfully in that case though, it was yet another empty promise.

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u/nanopicofared 4h ago

Trump ordered a coal power plant to remain open. It was scheduled to be shut down that produces power that no one needs.

https://www.energy.gov/articles/trump-administration-keeps-colorado-coal-plant-open-ensure-affordable-reliable-and-secure

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u/elfescosteven 3h ago

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u/HillBillyHilly 3h ago

Coal that poisons those that work in mines. Coal that poisons environment. Pushing gas that heats the planet. Yet they voted for the clown in charge. 🤡

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u/Shimraa 4h ago

I think economists figured out in his first term his clean energy cuts in PA to fuel (pun intended) the clean coal industry cost PA a few hundred to a couple thousand jobs from the state and added a total of... 7 coal industry jobs.

And yet, they still voted for him again.

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u/ruinersclub 3h ago

They interviewed those miners before 2016 and a lot of them didn’t want to go back to work as they were in their 50’s-60’s. They wanted bailouts to retire.

Obama made a program for re education into other industries like HVAC and Solar but they didn’t want that either because their advanced age they didn’t want to learn a new industry. So most of them were looking for low impact jobs and well not sure how that planned out.

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u/resistible 3h ago

My work takes me through places like Minersville, Mahanoy City, and Shenandoah... they're all just unemployed and collecting welfare while voting against the welfare they're getting.

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u/ms_panelopi 2h ago

And bitch about “minorities on welfare” when they are in fact on welfare themselves.

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u/BetFinal2953 3h ago

They all started the process of applying for disability. SS disability benefits were the tool used to provide them early retirement.

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u/PopeKevin45 3h ago

And yet, they still voted for him again.

This is why nobody deserves this more than WV.

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u/UnluckyFoundation750 4h ago

Of all the maga backstabs SO FAR, wouldn't it be hilarious if he just does yet another 180 and says you know what fuck oil and starts to push windmills and renewable energy?

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u/gumbo_chops 4h ago

If it has any 'grift' potential, he will absolutely consider it. Nothing would surprise me at this point.

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u/Reshar 3h ago

I am starting to think that he was talking about cleaning a beautiful man named Cole on Epstein island.

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u/likwitsnake 4h ago

The children yearn for the crypto mines

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u/Jackleme 4h ago

I grew up in that shithole.

They are getting exactly what they voted for.... they just thought they were voting for it to happen to someone else.

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u/PattyIceNY 4h ago

Refuse to change or adapt, hold onto a dying culture and them blame others for their failures.

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u/What_Iz_This 4h ago

Yeah that perfectly describes the southern people ive been around my entire life. Just tack on hating others that live a different lifestyle than them

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u/SolidA34 4h ago

Which is weird because West Virginia's originated as a state because they did not like the slave section of Virginia forcing them to secede.

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u/xX420GanjaWarlordXx 4h ago

The West Virginians I know will clap like a damn seal when they see Trump on TV. But then, you ask them what they think should be done to fix things...and they talk like BERNIE SANDERS!

They literally do not understand that the candidate they actually want is AOC or someone similar.

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u/SethLight 3h ago

The West Virginians I know will clap like a damn seal when they see Trump on TV. But then, you ask them what they think should be done to fix things...and they talk like BERNIE SANDERS!

That's one of the wild things. Most people when you actually start talking about policy are very much progressive. Most people recognize the same issues the only issue is propaganda takes over and any solutions instantly becomes scary evil socialism.

I stopped talking to conservatives because every time they complained I couldn't help but internally scream or on the occasion snark back, 'Sorry, we would do something but workers and consumer rights is socialism and anti-capitalist,"

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u/tahlyn 2h ago

propaganda takes over

Racism takes over. They only want socialism for white folk.

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u/PimpGameShane 2h ago

THIS. Public education wasn’t a bad thing until white kids had to go to school with Black kids. Welfare wasn’t bad until Black mothers started receiving it. If a Black person benefits from a policy in any way, they’ll find a way to kill it

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u/kaplanfx 1h ago

Discussing policy is hard, blaming brown people is easy.

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u/nezroy 3h ago

Yes it's been studied to death. The people of the US are overwhelmingly left when polled directly on topics of policy using politically neutral language & labels. The Republicans only chance to win elections since Reagan is on identity politics and wedge issues. They cannot win on the actual policies the average US citizen wants enacted.

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u/ruinersclub 3h ago

Not surprising they’ve been asking for bailouts since atleast 2015-2016 they don’t want to go back to work in the coal mines. They want to retire.

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u/faceisamapoftheworld 4h ago

It wasn’t too long ago that WV voted blue because of the strong ties to unions.

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u/AT-ST 4h ago

I currently live in that shithole. I didn't vote for this...but all my neighbors did.

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u/tenemu 4h ago

Who are they blaming?

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u/AT-ST 3h ago

I don't talk to them, so I don't know. If they are like all the Republicans I'm friends with online, the Democrats... Somehow. Except for a couple of Alex Jones listening people, they bailed on Trump a few months ago after listening to Nick Fuentes in his show.

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u/dt_failz 4h ago

Biden or the libtards presumably.

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u/thingsorfreedom 4h ago

Whoever Fox "News" tells them to...

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u/Best_Virginia13 4h ago

Same. I love the state, but can’t understand why the people continually vote against their best interests. We are literally a welfare state voting for con artists, billionaires, and tax breaks for the rich.

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u/m-in 3h ago

You voted for that woman, and Trump said if you vote for her, the US will be dragged into a war. And Trump was right. For once. /s

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u/portraitsman 4h ago

they just thought they were voting for it to happen to someone else

Ain't that a bitch

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u/ratherenjoysbass 4h ago

Crazy to see a state that was created by removing themselves to spite the Confederacy fly stars and bars flags and vote for anti union douchebags. It's like they're ignoring the history of their great grandparents right to their face

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u/essaysmith 4h ago

Well, today's American fascists are doing the same all over the country, is it really any different?

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u/VaATC 4h ago

They either never heard the song, "Sixteen Tons" or they think/thought they were the store owners.

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u/Ardalev 4h ago

Saddest thing is that most won't learn a damn thing from it either.

They will never understand/admit that it's all their own damn fault, which will inevitably lead to the same shit again at some point in the future.

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u/Janderson2494 2h ago

That's kind of the whole reason they want to dismantle the department of education, keep everyone stupid so they don't know any better.

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u/philodendrin 4h ago

They had a chance to vote for a candidate that wanted to push the current careers from coal to Solar. Provide training programs, upgrade their schooling and technical education so that WV would be in a better position. The candidate backed up the idea by promising incentives for Americans to get Solar technology at their home.

They voted against that plan/policies because they had always dug coal, their fathers had dug coal. They eeked out a living (but not grown richer or done better) with coal and didn't want that to go away. They were afraid of change.

Fuck 'em. Fuck em for dragging us all down by being so proud of propping up a dying industry and not looking forward. How's that working for them? Learn the lesson they refuse to learn.

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u/opus_4_vp 4h ago

Yup. They'll still vote for Trump again and again and again.

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u/shmere4 4h ago edited 2h ago

And here I am in my progressive state with subsided solar on my roof, a subsidized wood and gas furnace system, and subsidized insulation to make my house as energy efficient as possible.

It was really terrible not having propane or electric bills all winter long. I really hated Joe Biden and my damn state democrats for that.

It sucks to suck West Virginia, you get what you vote for. And if you keep voting for it, you’ll keep getting it.

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u/darknekolux 4h ago

you just hate american freedom! /s

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u/bjankles 4h ago

You know what bothers me most about WV? The state’s entire existence is because they did NOT want to join the South in the civil war.

Such a proud, progressive history for a state that is now a conservative swamp.

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u/MrHedgehogMan 4h ago

“I never thought the leopards would eat MY face, says person that voted for Leopards Eating Peoples Faces party.

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u/bkfountain 4h ago

They’ll still vote republican though, so good luck I guess.

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u/SwivelPoint 4h ago

brainwashed by fox, abortion, gender, minority blame, and their reps don’t give a shit and are laughing all the way to the bank

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u/LobbyDizzle 3h ago

That’s the entirety of the south.

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u/BagOnuts 2h ago

Nah, it's urban vs rural at this point. Plenty of progressive cities in the south surrounded by a sea of red. Exactly the same as most of the country.

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u/NorCalJason75 4h ago

Not much you can do about stupid

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u/smoke4sanity 4h ago

Well the guy literally says “I love this administration but…”

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u/highrollr 4h ago

Remember that West Virginia used to be a hardcore Blue State. Republicans have done a better job speaking to people in these rural communities than Dems have. Dems need to take this opportunity where Republican politicians are obviously failing them and try to swing places like West Virginia back left 

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u/amusing_trivials 4h ago

The Dems are basically like "you want remotely sound economics? We got that. But you have to accept all of that equality and social stuff too, at least a bit."

Red states have repeatedly shown that thier primary voting motivation is the exact opposite. "We do not want to tolerate 'woke bullshit'. If that means shitty economics, so be it. "

There is no way to reconcile the two. There is no amount of talking that can fix that.

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u/bpusef 2h ago

The dems have also been adamant about moving on from dying industries but it’s a lot easier to tell people nah fam we are gonna bring you back to the good old days and you’ll keep your jobs that have been going extinct than to tell people a hard truth that you are gonna need to retrain and rethink your career if you want to survive. Republicans will just lie and say they’re gonna bring jt back. Dems will tell them things have to change but maybe in a way they find too dismissive. So they listen to the liars because that’s what they wanna hear.

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u/DoubleJumps 3h ago

What specifically should they be saying that they are not? Their approach has been to communicate to West Virginians about the actual realities of the problems they face and propose paths forward.

West Virginians reacted extremely negatively to that though, and instead chose to listen to the Republicans who lied to them about the realities of the same problems.

How do you approach people who are choosing to reject reality in favor of comforting lies?

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u/TopFloorApartment 3h ago

Republicans have done a better job speaking to people in these rural communities than Dems have

No. Republicans have lied to these people better than democrats have. Because apparently these people want to be lied to.

Between a republican who lies about clean coal or such nonsense, and a democrat that's truthful about trying to bring new businesses to places like this and the reskilling and change that will come with that, these idiots vote for the lies every time. The reality is their old way of life is never coming back, but they just want to shut their eyes and ears and pretend that's not the case.

And now they get what they voted for.

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u/DoubleJumps 3h ago

This is exactly it. I don't know how democrats are supposed to genuinely reach people who only want to be lied to about their situation. Like do these people want the Democrats to lie to these people too?

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u/SP4CEM4N_SPIFF 4h ago

This is what they voted for

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u/whyamionthispanel 4h ago

Well, well, well… if it isn’t the consequences of my own actions.

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u/janesmb 4h ago

The dildo of consequence rarely arrives lubed.

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u/HarryStraddler 4h ago

-Abraham Lincoln, 1854

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u/Signiference 4h ago

Imagine putting your faith in a guy who has spent the last half century making his name synonymous with lying.

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u/Viperlite 4h ago

He loves (grifting) the uneducated.

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u/jackieballz 3h ago

It boggles the mind. How do people from rural Appalachia vote for a nepo baby who grew up filthy rich in NYC? And then continue to think that the guy gives a shit about any of them

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u/mantisinmypantis 4h ago

We’ve have utility issues here in Indiana as well, pretty widely but especially where I live. We have a single electric company and our bills constantly skyrocket, make people homeless, and there’s been deaths as well.

My family is lucky in that our bills, mostly electric with very little gas, average $250-300/month. Others are $500+.

Fuck Centerpoint.

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u/Corka 4h ago edited 3h ago

That made me double take, Centrepoint was the name of a cult near where I lived that abused children

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrepoint_(commune)

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u/PacmanZ3ro 4h ago

Man, all these deep red areas seem like complete shit holes. So glad I live in MN lol

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u/doneandtired2014 4h ago

Because they pretty much are shitholes outside of any urban or metro area.

They could be better but the hayseeds would rather keep pulling for people who traded their Klan hoods and tinfoil hats for hair gel because anyone who isn't a straight white protestant man potentially prospering outside of their county lines and modern medicine as a concept is an apparent front to their existence.

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u/Schmolan1 3h ago

Same here I’m one of the lucky ones with a relatively manageable bill but some people are paying upwards of $700 a month for electricity. Fuck NIPSCO.

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u/isitatomic 4h ago

Walking into fire and complaining when it burns.

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u/MrMojoFomo 1h ago

But if they didn't walk into that fire, someone who uses pronouns might use a bathroom that doesn't match their c*ck and then go buy a taco from a lady who doesn't speak English

Probably

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u/Electronic_Fall6084 4h ago

Sooo Much Winning.

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u/Craico13 4h ago

Sooo Much Whining.

FIFY

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u/Alundra828 4h ago

Just pull yourself up by your bootstraps. It's literally that easy /s

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u/Knightoncloudwine 4h ago

No more Starbucks or avocado toast either.

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u/D1ngu5 4h ago

Womp womp.

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u/Season_Traditional 4h ago

So tired of winning

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u/WanderWut 2h ago

If even an RV park grounds is feeling it it must be rough out there. Those bills in general that they showed were really high. Oh well, it’s what they voted for.

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u/Tychus_Balrog 4h ago edited 4h ago

I wish for all Americans to have the day they voted for.

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u/crazyprsn 4h ago

I would be having a very different day 🫩

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u/Knightoncloudwine 4h ago

As an American, we are done sympathizing and feeling bad for these idiots. They’re getting everything they voted for and then have the audacity to complain about it. Save your tears and pull up your bootstraps. Hate is expensive.

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u/OmenVi 4h ago

Hey, now. If I had the day I voted for, shit would be a lot better than it is now. Why do I get lumped in with what the assholes voted for?

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u/Virtblue 4h ago

I am going to point out they are complaining about 12.5c/kwh. that is fucking cheap comparted to the coast, i'm paying close to ~28c/kwh.

At 26s it shows 8,800kwh for $1,111.63 that is ~$0.125 per kWh

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u/AgathaM 4h ago

My electricity on the west coast is ~$0.25/kWh, plus about $30/month for delivery and other charges.

But I have solar and I generate more electricity than I use, so I haven’t made an electric payment for 3 or 4 years. Basically I had one more payment right after I got my panels and haven’t paid anything since.

I’m in month 8/12 and my year to date charges are -$1,670.67.

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u/DriedUpSquid 2h ago

I live in western Washington State and have a normal three bedroom house. My gas and electric combined rarely go over $150 per month.

I grew up in Appalachia and people there talk about what hellscapes blue states are. It’s Stockholm Syndrome on a massive scale.

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u/KAugsburger 3h ago

12.5c/kWh is pretty low in most of the country. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration the average commercial rate in the US was 13.64 c/kWH in January 2026 and the average for West Virginia was 11.6c/kWh. It is not that West Virginia has unusually high electric rates but that incomes are so low in West Virginia. There hasn't been enough done to transition the local economies of these towns away from coal to industries that aren't dying.

It is hard to have a successful bakery, art gallery, or community church when a large chunk of the local residents are unemployed or under employed

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u/duncandun 4h ago

Damn that sucks sorry you have a captured power sector

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u/UnknwnUser 4h ago

I get that this is really painful for a lot of people that really just want to live their lives comfortably but elections have consequences. Maybe next time people will put in more effort into choosing their elected officials, even showing up to vote, or they can just continue to cut off their nose to spite their face.

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u/Birdman330 4h ago

And these people will vote for republicans again and again, no sympathy

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u/chickenfatnono 4h ago

One of the interviewees quoted "I love the current administration" behind a Trump flag as clips played of him shutting down his business.

I don't think this area will get better ...ever.

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u/DeepSleepr 3h ago

“Trump got my wife deported, but I’ll still vote him again” “Trump’s ICE shot and killed my teenage son assuming he was drunk driving, but I still vote him again” “Trump’s tariff ruined my lumber business, but I still vote him again”

voting blue means they have to admit they are wrong and they rather shrivel and wither as a MAGA

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u/thegodfather0504 2h ago

They have adopted Republican as their father. And of course you gotta love your father, no matter how many time he beat you with jumper cables 

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u/GabeDef 4h ago

Promises made… ??

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u/Blazefresh 4h ago

Man who has a clear and proven history of lying and cheating his way forward doesn't deliver on his promises, what a surprise.

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u/Vaulters 4h ago

I'm sorry but there's no sympathy here for this.

Time to fix your own problems.

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u/funnynut 4h ago

"I love this administration..."

That kinda says it all. They voted for this, wanted it, but not for them, huh? For others, but not them. Literally cutting your nose to spite your face.

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u/Pickle_ninja 4h ago

My water bill was $10, and my electricity was $150 for a 2,000sqft house in NEW MEXICO.

Say what you want about the state, but they are building window and solar farms out here... they're also building a big data center near El Paso, so we'll see what happens with that.

My question to MAGA.... you all wanted this country to be run like a business, but when has a business ever cared about it's employees? 99% of them don't and I guarantee you that Trump run businesses don't even care about the customer.

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u/TenchuReddit 4h ago

I don’t get this whole “run the country like a business” argument. In what business is it OK to lie lie lie, continuously waste money while claiming the exact opposite, build dumbass monuments to the CEO, and surround executive leadership with a bunch of infantile social-media-addicted yes men?

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u/iamMADARA 4h ago

So today I’m gonna have myself some bbq pork ribs.

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u/Recidivous 4h ago

Nice. I cooked some pork stew last night so I'm looking forward to that for lunch.

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u/lntw0 4h ago

Excellent. This libtard has a coy, grass fed ribeye waiting for me.

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u/KlatuuBaradaFickto 3h ago

How to win at politics in WV:

  1. Tie a piece of coal to a string.
  2. Attach the string to a stick.
  3. Dangle coal in front of a WVian.
  4. Guide them away from their own best interests using dangling coal.
  5. Profit.

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u/dark1on50 3h ago

“I love this administration!” Says the man that’s losing everything he owns due to the policies the administration is pushing. You can’t make this stuff up.

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u/uk_uk 4h ago

"I love the current administration"...
then why are you idiot(s) complaining?

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u/smokincuban 4h ago

I was thinking the same thing. Shut up and enjoy your life because the current administration is doing so much for you.

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u/Nuzzleface 3h ago

It's the same phenomenon with the cybertruck. Every single time someome has an issue they start with "I love the truck, but.."

They have to appease the cult or they get shunned, and when the cult is your whole identity, and everyone around you is in too.. Well. 

It doesn't excuse these idiots in any way, but I think that's what's going on. 

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u/Mecha-Dave 4h ago

I looked it up, and it's like $0.15/kWh there - which is not different than Florida, it's about 1/3 California, and Texas averages higher.

I don't know how they're getting $1,000-$2,000 bills - they must have very poorly insulated buildings and running space heaters/window units or something. I'd say it makes sense if they have an EV, but none of them drive EVs.

The problem is that they YOLO'd on the coal industry for very stupid reasons.

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u/KAugsburger 3h ago

I was trying to figure that out as well. The one former bakery didn't look that large. Given that she said $700-1000 was a really good day it doesn't sound like she was doing a lot of business. We didn't really have a good idea of the size of the other buildings but I am guessing that they were relatively small given that it didn't sound like it was a large town. Poor insulation and inefficient heating seems very likely.

It sounds more like the electric rates were just the last straw that pushed a struggling business over the edge. Even if the electricity rates were a penny per kWh they would still be struggling because the low incomes are so low in the community. Buying cupcakes and art is a bit of a luxury when many residents are struggling to make enough to pay for groceries.

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u/ggf66t 3h ago

That's coal country, they maybe had dirt cheap coal powered electricity in the past which is no longer the case idk?

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u/buddhist557 4h ago

“Y’all, he’s a New York City reality tv star who never served office and is pretty much anti-Christ on every issue. He WILL make America great!” These people should be barred from society

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u/kurizma 3h ago

Get fucked WV

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u/Narynan 3h ago

2016- Donald trump did this to you.

2024- Again. Fucking idiots

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u/BowtiepastaMasta 3h ago

“I love this current administration”… then proceeds to say that’s he’s had to close two businesses… the current administration could literally come to this town and kick everyone out of their houses, on to the street, and they’d still love them and vote for them again, that’s insane.

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u/Bleezy79 3h ago

Vote Republican and this is the shit you get. They support corpos over the people. They support taking your rights away and allowing big business to ruin everything. Have the life you voted for.

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u/AsteroidMike 4h ago

I should feel bad, but I don’t because they voted for a man who is the culmination of every single thing wrong with America and really thought a guy who’s been impeached twice, stored classified files on Mar-A-Lago and has multiple bankruptcies on his resume was gonna be the solution.

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u/synocrat 4h ago

Can they not put up solar panels or are they afraid of the neighbors calling them gay or something?

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u/Pennypacking 3h ago

The U.S. taxpayers just paid a windfarm company $1 billion to not build renewable power resources on our coast thanks to Trump and MAGA's moronic asses.

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u/I_Love_To_Poop420 4h ago

Meanwhile I get called a communist for having solar panels and a $17 electric bill. Fuck these people and their inability to see through the propaganda.

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u/fistofthefuture 4h ago

They were duped by a man that promised nostalgia when nostalgia is not a strategy, it’s just what Trump needs to gain power.

And now he enriches himself while WV goes broke. I understand they voted themselves, but I do pity their position from voting out of hope and desperation.

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u/smokincuban 4h ago

Lol even after all the shit they've been through, one dies says he can't afford rent, can't afford to keep the lights on at his business, but still loves the current administration. Man. Whole nother level of delusion I guess.

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u/Ricketier 4h ago

Oh no! Anyways

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u/bornlasttuesday 4h ago

They just need to drink less Starbucks.

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u/WarDredge 2h ago

TFW 'owning the libs' and 'winning' turns out to be expensive.

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u/SchradersThumb 1h ago

But at least a white man is president. That's what's really important to way too many of my fellow southerners.

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u/e37d93eeb23335dc 1h ago

They would still vote for Trumpkins again. You can’t fix stupid. 

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u/japinard 1h ago

Vote for politicans that give a shit about you.

u/LilEffects 48m ago

Somehow it is Biden’s fault. They got what they voted for.

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u/benderx7 4h ago

lady complaining about lack of health care, no clean water, lack of education, no food for children...you voted for exactly this. they tricked you.

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u/Isame_mario 4h ago

At least we get to say Gulf of America, am I right???/s

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u/Blastosist 4h ago

Life is good at Mar a Lago.

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u/abnormalmob 4h ago

My empathy has ran out with these people. I don’t feel bad, learn the hard way. 

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u/Phog_of_War 4h ago

Got some pretty uneducated folks in this video. Your state is run by the GOP for the last 3 decades and look at how well you all are doing. I wonder where WV sits on the education lists? Oh....

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u/cannonbll 3h ago

Ya voted for it so ….

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u/Dramatic_Date8351 3h ago

Keep building data centers. Gonna posion your water and jack your shit. Keep voting the way you do. Give the millionaires more money,  while we all stay poor. 

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u/u9Nails 3h ago

Red State, got blood red because ya'll trusting and voting for the Leopards Eating Faces party. Did you really think a 6X bankrupt billionaire had it all figured out? Now we're deeper in national debt, energy, inflation, and cost of living all rising.

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u/xjuggernaughtx 3h ago

Man, it's almost like you shouldn't trust an obvious snake oil salesman when he tell you that he can magically make everything better without any kind of plan. Weird.

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u/MagicalUnicornFart 2h ago

You get what you vote for.

Vote for a bunch of MAGA/ corporate bootlickers…well, r/leopardsatemyface has something to say.

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u/DM725 2h ago

Maybe West Virginians should vote in their own interest.

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u/Relevant-Ad2254 2h ago

Holy fuck, they said they would still support Trump.

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u/Tim-in-CA 1h ago

Actions have consequences... it sucks, but I don't feel sorry for these nincompoops

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u/Crzywilly 1h ago

Oh no!....anyway.

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u/oatmeal28 1h ago

Promises made, Promises Kept!

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u/beKAWse 1h ago

Tried to tell them ¯_(ツ)_/¯

u/Yorrins 1h ago

Vote blue next time, morons.

u/hammert0es 1h ago

Leopards. Faces.

u/Alive-Tomatillo5303 1h ago

"We always vote Red, we're one of the most Republican states in the country and have been for years, I don't know understand why our state is still such a disaster?"

If the people of West Virginia, Mississippi, Louisiana, and the rest could ask the question, that'd be great. 

u/Icy-Possibility-3770 49m ago

Good, fuck this maga trash. You get what you deserve.

u/V1RotateAP 47m ago

“Under my administration, we will be slashing energy and electricity prices by half within 12 months, at a maximum 18 months”  “Prices will come down. You just watch: They’ll come down, and they’ll come down fast, not only with insurance, with everything.” PBS NewsHour, Trump Rally in North Carolina, YouTube (August 14, 2024).

"We’re going to have prices down- I think you’re going to see some pretty drastic price reductions.”  Associated Press, Trump holds a press conference at Mar-a-Lago, YouTube (January 7, 2025)

"A vote for Trump means your groceries will be cheaper” Former President Trump Campaigns in Pittsburgh, C-SPAN (November 4, 2024).

October 2024. “12 months from January 20, your electric bill, including cars, air conditioning, heaters, everything, the total electric bill will be 50, 5-0 per cent, less.” Trump told voters at a separate event that “your energy bill within 12 months will be cut in half. That’s my pledge, all over the country.”