[bert]

The Obama war on coal destroyed West Virginia. Manchin is a casualty of that war

[HamiltonJay]

Actually it predates Obama, though his actions didn’t help.

WV began its move right under the final years of Clinton.

The Democrats “Green” Pandering took WV, one of the most reliably blue states and turned it Red... had Al Gore and the Dems not turned their back on Coal, FL would not have mattered in the 2000 election.

Obama’s actions certainly accelerated the Rightward movement to be sure, but the realignment of the Rust belt has honestly been LONG LONG overdue.

[woodbutcher1963]

Then after coal they were by far the hardest hit by the Oxy crisis.

So much so that WV is now the cheapest real estate in the entire country.

[cnsmom]

With Rush gone, Joe had no reason to continue the game.