Wudi@feddit.uk to pics@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agoJim Justice and his english bulldog Babydog. He owns a coal mining empire. His net worth was estimated at $664.2 million in 2025, making him the richest U.S. senatorfeddit.ukimagemessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up1277arrow-down12
arrow-up1275arrow-down1imageJim Justice and his english bulldog Babydog. He owns a coal mining empire. His net worth was estimated at $664.2 million in 2025, making him the richest U.S. senatorfeddit.ukWudi@feddit.uk to pics@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agomessage-square46linkfedilink
minus-squarenot_woody_shaw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up68·2 months agoHow can he be a business owner AND a politician? That’s a clear conflict of interest.
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minus-squaremodernangel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agothey don’t - it’s not about trust, it’s just spitefully gravitating to whatever “makes liberal heads explode”.
minus-squareShindo66@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoThey probably trust him because their livelihoods are tied to coal, the same as him. He probably makes bold statements about keeping coal flowing and jobs going.
minus-squareTronBronson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoEveryone loves a captive audience
minus-squareDarkFuture@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months ago That’s a clear conflict of interest. I’ll give you one guess as to which party he’s a member of and how little they care about conflicts of interest. Hint: It’s the party currently directly violating our Constitution by allowing the president to violate the Emoluments Clause. Reminder: They are only able to do this because voters keep giving them power, despite constantly providing us reasons why we shouldn’t.
minus-squaretimbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThat and non voters refuse to do anything to curb this too.
minus-squarecrunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoBecause we can trust them to run the country like a business: straight into the ground.
minus-squareaaa999@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agobad people made the wrong moral choice voluntarily to give him power
How can he be a business owner AND a politician? That’s a clear conflict of interest.
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they don’t - it’s not about trust, it’s just spitefully gravitating to whatever “makes liberal heads explode”.
They probably trust him because their livelihoods are tied to coal, the same as him. He probably makes bold statements about keeping coal flowing and jobs going.
Everyone loves a captive audience
“Clean coal”
I’ll give you one guess as to which party he’s a member of and how little they care about conflicts of interest.
Hint: It’s the party currently directly violating our Constitution by allowing the president to violate the Emoluments Clause.
Reminder: They are only able to do this because voters keep giving them power, despite constantly providing us reasons why we shouldn’t.
That and non voters refuse to do anything to curb this too.
Because we can trust them to run the country like a business: straight into the ground.
bad people made the wrong moral choice voluntarily to give him power