Mitch McConnell digs coal miners' votes, but not enough to help them

[left-of-center2012]

Coal miners still, for reasons that are not clear, believed they had a friend in Mitch McConnell. Maybe it was because of all the cheerleading McConnell has done for the industry. But when miners suffering from black lung disease came to visit the majority leader, they got a lesson: Mitch McConnell simply doesn’t care.

When he was face to face with the miners, McConnell gave the group vague assurances that they “would be taken care of.” McConnell waved away the miners’ worries, telling them “they shouldn’t be concerned.” Then McConnell ducked out of the meeting almost as soon as it began, prompting one former miner who made the long trip to the Republican leader’s office to call him rude.

Still, that wasn’t nearly as rude as what he did next. After the meeting, McConnell made it clear that he wasn’t going to reinstate the tax that funds the black lung payments.

Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell dig coal. Or at least, they dig the money that coal mine owners pour into their campaigns. The coal industry is failing, done in more by simple economics than by any concern for the environment. Still, Trump has done everything he can to eliminate safety and health regulations in order to allow mine owners to pocket every last cent on their way out of town.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/25/1874326/-Mitch-McConnell-digs-coal-miner-s-votes-but-not-enough-to-help-them

[Vogon_Glory]

1. Hey, guys, ask yourselves this basic question

What has Mitch McConnell done for you?


And if the answer is “nothing,” or even “not very much,” why vote for him? What is he doing to deserve your vote?

[maxrandb]

2. And the fucksticks will still vote for his racist, traitorous ass

And yes, after all the evidence that he's a piece of shit that would sell your mother for political power, if you still vote for him... you're a FUCKSTICK!!!

[zackymilly]

3. I hate turtle. n/t

[Ohiogal]

4. They vote for him

Because the Democrats are BABY KILLERS!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

5. Amy McGrath needs to ask every Kentuckian , miner or no the question...

"What has Mitch McConnell done for you? "

She needs to look people in the eye as she asks that. Try to reach into their minds and hearts. It just might work.

[Initech]

6. What a worthless piece of shit.

[keithbvadu2]

7. Mitch knows he can take them for granted.

[smirkymonkey]

8. Miserable, evil bastard!

I hope he burns in hell for eternity.