To be very clear: the coal industry is dying. Joe Manchin can’t save it any more than Donald Trump could. Worse, West Virginia politicians are propping the rotting husk of that industry up by pushing higher electric bills on widely poor West Virginians. mountainstatespotlight.org/2021/03/11/wes…
And he’s not alone. You know why Manchin thinks “bipartisanship” is real? Because in his state there is a bipartisan determination to artificially prop up coal by any means necessary, even at the expense of capitalism and common sense. Of course socialism for Big Coal is cool 👍🏿 
And it’s not like there isn’t another choice. West Virginia could get off the mat by leaning more into the very clean energy alternatives Manchin is demanding be stricken from the Build Back Better bill. West Virginians would benefit, but not coal companies. So…
And it’s not like people in West Virginia aren’t noticing the decline. Oh they notice… and folks are suffering… news.climate.columbia.edu/2020/08/07/coa…
And it’s not like there’s nothing that can be done about that, either… news.climate.columbia.edu/2020/08/07/coa…
Telling poor people that they have an entitlement mentality when you represent the second poorest state in America and you’re rich and pulling big money from your state’s dying flagship industry is… well it’s something.
It is something…
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1450912124692205569
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