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- An activist group announced in March that it would physically blockade the power plant that buys coal products from Senator Joe Manchin's family company. Manchin holds a crucial vote in the split Senate, and critics say he's used it to tank climate legislation.
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Kinda hard to condemn Russia's oligarchs if we ignore our own
Amen!
They’re entrepreneurs not oligarchs, only countries we don’t like have oligarchs 😂
It makes sense that we personally punish these "oligarchs" because they totally love they their companies are being financially destroyed by the war in Ukraine.
True corruption is never good especially at your backyard
Oligarchs aren't voted into power
Wait wait wait. Do you mean to tell me that our publicly elected officials get to use their offices to line their own pockets? Well you have blown my mind.
@ez pz
He’s no Rockefeller, but $500,000/year is nothing to sneeze at and should not be allowed.
@ez pz
Yes and I want as close to zero tolerance as possible, especially for government.
Don't forget Manchin's Daughter was found to be working to price fix and monopolize the epipen. She was the reason for the $699 epipen.
That came in a package of two that expired so fast so you had to spend $700 on two sets of Epi-pens a year
@@hippiebippie8870 I still have 2 expired epi pens because I can't afford to buy new ones.
@@t.h.8475 please, don’t use them, more likely to kill you expired then save you
😡🤬😡 Greed... Greedy Greed. No good politician. Vote Manchin out, for poor people's sake, for the sake of WV, for the sake of the climate.
@@t.h.8475 get an Auvi-Q. Cash price just went up…to $25
The people of West Virginia vote this man to represent their state all I can say. His family gets richer while more people in his state keep losing more teeth......
Same with Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, SC, etc etc. Their number one priority is RACISM and Abortion. Race and Fetuses before everything else. They've been living in poverty for generations and still don't want to vote to make their lives better.
And his daughter raised the prices of Epi-pens when she was CEO of Mylan
@@hippiebippie8870 that's a shame. But this is how the rich get richer. Staying in politics for the sake of their pockets. Just a little side note, what do you think Trump was trying to do as president. All of them do it Dem or Rep. Obama tried to take care of the coal miner's with payment's each month plus extra money for the spouse.
Dude, have you seen the interview the Soft White Underbelly does w/the Whitaker family? Fckin crazy.
@@jlee5821 yeah stay on subject🙄
the older man towards the end is SO MUCH of the mindset of the south and rural pockets of America
Brainwashed into the mindset of "Well what are you gonna do? That's just the way it is." The slave who just accepts their bondage.
Brainwashed to believe that coal is the only jobs around and yet it employs less people than the renewable energy sector.
The PVC preparation on their arms to prevent cuffing is legendary
Never seen the cops gleefully using a chopsaw against the occupy wallstreet people have you? They had iron pipes and cuffed themselves inside it.
I was at the blockade. We need more of y’all to come out and join us. At this point in the climate crisis, mass direct action is the only way that will get us anywhere. We have written letters, we have rallied, people like Manchin will not be moved unless their profits are directly impacted.
The fact he gets money from coal in his family is clear corruption.
One big problem is people like the guy at min 6:30 who keeps voting for Manchin. It is mind-blowing to see him defend a corrupt senator smh We can keep blaming politicians but when millions go out and vote for Trump ... it's us the voters who are the problem to begin with.
@@Eusantdac absolutely you're spot on and it comes down to education, which our country lacks that's why politicians like this keep getting richers because they use ignorance to keep power and wealth, ✌.
So it's bad when Manchin does it but everyone looks the other way when Biden does it or Pelosi does it huh?
Just like the Bush's big oil company.
It is always about money.
Always
Go look into Nancy Pelosi investment if u want to see corruption
I can’t watch videos about politicians anymore.
It makes me feel homicidal.
Trust your feelings. 👍
Watch one more
you must fulfill the prophecy, for you are the chosen one.
Channel that anger into action! It helps me relieve a lot of those feelings! I’m the girl with the pink & purple hair that was interviewed :)
@@rlyhot thanks for the positive motivation ☺️ in a non violent way of course 😆💜🇺🇸
His daughter needs to be investigated, and jailed for price gouging of the epipen. Vote him out.... for the poorest state to vote against their own interests, is amazing.
They don’t realize they’re voting against their best interests, sadly. 😏 not sure how to help them learn; I’m from a small, rural, oil drilling town in a different state and the Trump obsession is real. 😭
Yes,,,,lack of education ,,,,lack of progressive jobs
"Are the decisions you made based on greed alone?" -vice
"Of course not. Now get away from my Mercedes." -every congressman and representative ever.
"We're hungry and cannot afford a doctor." -a third of the country.
Affording a doctor shouldn’t even be a thing.. we should have healthcare for all.. this country is fucked 🫠
Mercedes ? Thats a poor man’s vehicle .. President Manchin drives a Maserati to his house yacht broke boi
Coal isn't coming back. The sooner people understand and accept it, the sooner we can finally use something better.
Come back?
They already have lifetimes and generations of wealth redistribution.
They can wait us out
Me?
Moved into a geodesic dome.
Hardly drive.
Hardly buy.
Only electricity comes from solar.
I’m waiting them out too
Hey if you want to have some fun times I think it was vice did a piece on the Australian coal miners and boy their delusions are f****** hilarious.
One of them even talks about wanting to toss environmentalists into a mineshaft!
Coal has never left unfortunately it powers out whole grid. Stop listening to vice.
Coal is booming right now check the coal stocks they have went up some over %200 since last year check Peabody energy, and Cliffs, Alpha natural resources. But i live in WV and we love Joe Manchin he saves our jobs we depend on and if coal is dyeing why have i got 3 raises this year and im up to $39 a hour now as a roof bolter? How much you make, it may be more than me but i say most people in America don't and i get free insurance and Quartey Bonuses which my last 2 where $3,000 and $2,100 thats on top of my 7500 a month bring home after taxes. Also i have a 401K plan where my owner puts his own money which is %6 of each of my checks he puts in to my 401K so if i make $4,000 that payday he puts $240 in my retirement ontop of what i out each payday! So yeah do you see now why us coal miners don't want coal to go away or Joe!! Hey by the way if you like this check out how much Nancy Pelosi net worth between her and her husbands corrupt business they are worth over $100 MILLION DOLLARS!! they have helped there self to stock offerings that they knew was going to make them a killing before us regular people could even buy the stock they had options from all different companies and when it opened on the market they made millions off each stock im serious and Nancy used legislation to help them stock not lose money but gain money, now her herself didnt own the stock her husband did and she did what she had to in congress to help it gain and not lose i promise you Now joe may have a little half million a year trust he aint worth but around 5 million!! that's nowhere near the corrupt nancy@@@@!!! Also her husbands office building is near some train system in San Fransico that had a bill passed where businesses near this new train line recieved tons of money and guess what he was within the two blocks radios to receive the money Nancy's bill in congress did that for them how nice of her to help herself with our tax money!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so check yourself first!!!
They know that generally. Coal is not as big in their economy as reported. It's about 2k jobs or 2.5 % last I saw a graph.
There’s a clear conflict of interest, he lies trying to dodge the questions!
He can't even say "renewable energy". Reliability is an engineering problem. If we can store renewable energy when there is an excess produced, fossil fuels are not needed. Vote him out!
I would definitely prefer a world where fossils fuels aren't necessary. But, in the U.S., to ship hydrogen for hydrogen cars, they use diesel trucks. Riddle me how that's more environmentally friendly? In Japan, which isn't a large land mass, they laid pipelines for hydrogen, so it makes sense for their country. I guess my point is that, we need a more nuanced approach for each province, not even country, and how best to meet energy needs.
Yeah thats like saying we can use lightning bolts for electricity if only we could store its power
If that were true then we would have it already. The truth is renewables are not reliable
Voting is not enough nor will it save us . I was at the blockade. We need more of y’all to come out and join us. At this point in the climate crisis, mass direct action is the only way that will get us anywhere. We have written letters, we have rallied, people like Manchin will not be moved unless their profits are directly impacted.
@@joelrivard5598 Yeah except there's easy ways to store renewables, like pumping water into a reservoir and letting it flow out as hydro power. Way to embarrass yourself.
It's crazy how SO MANY police had to show up.
Slow crime day or something?
Well it's a group of peaceful unarmed protestors, so the cops are eager to go beat people up. It lets them make believe they have big dicks.
Now if even one of the protesters had been armed, then you wouldn't have seen a single cop. They'd all be hiding in a bunker 2 miles away, terrified for their lives.
I was at the blockade. We need more of y’all to come out and join us. At this point in the climate crisis, mass direct action is the only way that will get us anywhere. We have written letters, we have rallied, people like Manchin will not be moved unless their profits are directly impacted.
American Capitalist Politicians looking out for their own pockets
The people of Kentucky have been kept ignorant on purpose. I was a product of that school system. I asked too many questions and read books. I was SUUUUPER unwelcome.
Then how come California has one of the worst school systems in the country as well?
@@thegreataynrand7210 You're right, I think what saves California say it has one of the highest educated populations in the US.
@@potpu California has some of the worst public school education outcomes in the country
How is a state still so reliant on coal in the year 2022? I mean are West Virginians still renting VHS tapes from Blockbuster and using VCRs to watch it on their tube TVs. Joe has done nothing but keep West Virginia one of the poorest states in the country,while making himself and his family richer
Hey Vice when are you going to cover a real topic like the Hunter Biden laptop coverup and corruption. Or Nancy Pelosis dodgy trading on the stock market? Why do outlets like yours keep covering this guy just because he voted against the globalists Green New Deal (Great Reset agenda from WEF). You're a weaponized propaganda outlet, not a new organisation anymore. Your viewers are brain dead morons
Keep the schools bad, don’t pay teachers, don’t support healthcare, it’s all in the plan.
because there are many coal burning energy plants, genius.
@@LordRykard9376 the most inefficient form of energy next to burning firewood? There are 3rd world nations with better energy production
@@RuffinItAB lol no there's not. And there's plenty of carbon capture required in coal burning plants now. But then again, its never enough for the enviro-cucks.
It's hard to convince Manchin of something when his financial interests require him to feign ignorance.
In the video the young gal talked about all the good things that could happen to WV and he could Dictate treasury dollars 10's of billions to retiree's
as well build cleaner high tech infrastructure. He musty be greedy self centered pig. Listen at 4:30 the smart gal
put his conwoman of a daughter under strenuous government investigation over the price gouging of epipen. Wait for Manchin to get real friendly then.
Excellent piece, Vice. Should have been longer. It showed multiple perspectives; however, it wasn't educational enough on the profits seen by him and his family, the economics of that county excluding his company, the environmental impact of his product, and the alternatives that are not considered out of the convenience of Manchin's protection over his interest alone.
@Sensor The Union Soldier I think they need more than an energy source if that is literally the only source of economic value to them. The county should be more diversified, or they will always be beholden to tyrannical monopolies that would extort and poison them. Maybe, that is why Manchin is actually doing a poor job for WV and the county he profits off of while acting as though he is keeping jobs in WV.
Nuclear isn't the only option in windy and nearly vacant West Virginia. Solar and wind have plenty of places that could provide wind and solar energy to supplement to losing coal waste power plant and eliminatingbit as a secondary fuel source. No coal burns cleanly, but deliberately burning it's waste products is plain stupid and doesn't help WV in the long run. Worse, it keeps standards in place that will kill people in the future. Jobs formed by killing people aren't jobs that should be defended, no they should be replaced rapidly. People should be educated about how they have been duped, extorted, poisoned, and held to the interests of the corrupt then they should be helped out of the vicious cycles created by those circumstances. Manchin will die eventually, so at least, we know he won't remain forever. He should be voted out well before that occurs if WV is educated enough before then. The pressure must be applied continuously to do just that.
I was at the blockade. We need more of y’all to come out and join us. At this point in the climate crisis, mass direct action is the only way that will get us anywhere. We have written letters, we have rallied, people like Manchin will not be moved unless their profits are directly impacted.
@@JL-jh6zn the most effective way to do that in my eyes would be to bring in alternatives to their profits. I get direct action being needed, but every approach needs to be taken. I commend every protesters actions on the day of the protest, but this cannot be done everyday. Daily disruption is the only way to effect these people, and only so many people can volunteer to be arrested to get in the way of his interests at any given time.
@@Tygrus758 I’m not talking about Manchin specifically, I’m talking about getting politicians to act on the climate crisis. If it was 2010, sure, focusing on alternates could be a good idea, but we are basically past the tipping point right now, we’re out of time.
@@JL-jh6zn oh, ok. Well, that seems like it is view that only sees the forest without taking account of the fact that it is made up of individual trees. There are multiple paths to the same goal, and I assure that your perspective isn't lost on me. It just doesn't get much done other than get people arrested enough times for them to lose all capability to effectively make true change. Protest without legislative, economic, and informative change is just a bunch of people shouting. Shout all you want but like I said one instance of protest isn't stopping Manchin and those like him because it takes daily disruption to their way of thinking by providing alternatives economics, alternative energy production, and legislation aimed at protecting the planet. Soldier on for the planet, I won't stop you; however, it will be here even if we kill ourselves with ignorance. The clock is only running out on capitalistic interests, but in the mean time, people get poisoned and die already from these people's corruption, so that has to change before we could ever hope to "save the planet."
So tired of Joe Manchin. Here's how to get him out... bring a few big companies to West Virginia and add a few million non coal industry jobs. Then vote him out.
you'd rather have a Republican?
@@ariazar2714 manchin is a Republican in all but name
How is that legal..??!
it is, because the law and ethics is for sale in america
Fucking crazy
Ted Opron made a comment, 'he came up through the ranks just like the rest of us'. This is untrue. "Manchin's father owned a carpet and furniture store, and his grandfather, Joseph Manchin, owned a grocery store. His father and his grandfather both served as Farmington's mayor. His uncle A.J. Manchin was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates and later the West Virginia Secretary of State and Treasurer." I do not know ANYONE with this history. Manchin did NOT come up through the ranks like the poor in his state.
I remembered a documentary released during the Obama years about a program aimed at retraining the mine workers for free so they could move on to safer, better paying jobs in "clean" energy. Most weren't interested and many were angry they had to go to class and learn new skills. Some were in obvious bad health and were angry that they might not get the few hundred they were being offered in disability payments from the coal companies if they were put out of business.
I remember that. I also saw another story that the trump admin stopped the funding for those programs and those workers who wanted the program. Now the training has stopped
We’ll happened ? I’ll tell you what it was a stupid idea because it will not work
Plus everyone doesn’t live off the government like you prolly do! Typing on social media is prolly all you do! You people are ignorant and have been lied to till you believe the dem lies but we are not we are grounded in reality you are out of touch with that reality
This so called man should not be in Congress
More great reporting from Vice News
Joe Manchin cares about one thing. Joe Manchin.
Same as trump
Woah, there, he also cares about his daughter, who litterally criminally hikes up the price of Insulin.
@@jonescuts249 Whos the big guy?
Once again, we see the greed and the power that these Politicians gather, instead of doing the job they were elected to do. Didn't know that lining your pockets was the ultimate reason for being elected to office in this country! Look at how many Republican Senators have become wealthy beyond what they should be able to, based on the salary they receive for being a Senator!
Just Republicans? Hahahahha
It's that way for all of them, that's the ONLY reason he voted yes for Supreme Court JUSTICE K.B.J, he thought That would ensure that President Biden would inturn steam roll ahead on fossil fuels etc.But since manchin backed out of BBB? Biden backed out on anything manchin wants.
Lol you’re a fool if you think democrats are not doing the same thing
Thank you for the blockade!!!
Joe worked his way up the ladder. One corporation at a time.
When I find truly amazing is the fact that despite all of this Joe manchin continues to represent the people of West Virginia
He doesn't represent anyone what has he done for WVa
3:50 Virginia can get jobs and money without coal if they diversify the economy and invest more in green energy.
Show me a senator or representative who doesn't own shares in the defense industry, or fossil fuel companies, or agricultural land, or other businesses upon which they occasionally vote. There is tremendous conflict of interest among these people who are just slightly less corrupt than the best of the kleptocrats in Africa. Aside from that, we are dependent upon fossil fuels for at least another 20 years, and for the rest of the century due to their unique properties as precursors in many different products we use every day.
Right Pelosi is worth like a bajillion dollars but shes a good guy to the people at vice?
it does make it kinda contradictory to condemn Russia's oligarchs when we ignore our own.
So what is your point mate ? Should the USA ban senators from investing their personal capital in companies that are personally tied too them ?
"slightly less corrupt than africa"
i bet your position/belief of american exceptionalism is not compatible with comparisons to africa
A Bipartisanship among Political Representatives that are able to build a Foundation of Principles, and Infrastructure of ways to provide a full-scale National Transition from Coal to Renewable Energy; A Bridge to Economic and Financial Equilibrium Is considered Good Business...But, As It was mentioned In the video, "Manchin's fossil fuel company could financially get affect by these new changes." There's no doubt about the statement been logical; In reality, The majority of the population have lived Under the decisions of Manchin and Many Others like him who continues to Block Bills, which makes It difficult for a "New Industry" to Grow(th), and Establish a foundation. As well as for many local families and citizens who Interest are In opportunities, Proper Salary, and a Good Healthy Life without any repercussions of been mentally, or physically ill from their Jobs.¿Why exchange the Lives of the american people with your own financial gain?
Are you telling us that politicians use inside information and laws to benefit not only themselves, but people they know?! Cue ::mind blown:: sound!!
I love to see people standing against corrupt power. We all need to take responsibility for our country and protest peacefully. I am heartened by this.
Agree. Watch the movie "Matewan". Fantastic film of coal workers and the unions in 1920 West Va.
I cannot believe there are no national protests over Manchin. R saw them with abortion; how is there not a single one outside of West Virginia on Manchin?
"Gwarsh, I cayunt see nuthin' wrong with anythang uh-hyuck."
- Ted "Brain Ted" Opron
Solar alone adds more jobs per year than the entire coal industry has in total.
If you oppose renewables, I'll just assume you don't want to work and that's why you're opposing adding so many jobs.
What about nuclear power? I've wholeheartedly pledged myself to getting nuclear power more used, as we should have done in the '70's until now.
Jobs for who? US doesn't produce the solar panels
@@markeasley6149 Jobs for installers alone. That one small aspect of renewable energy outpaces all of coal jobs.
@@Shinzon23 could you imagine a future where nueclear as a center point, renewables of all kinds are fully fleshed out and explored. wind and solar at off peak times, using excess from any source to produce hydrogen. just think about it.
@@ronbarter2381 The one real trouble with hydrogen is storage as it leaks out of whatever you hold it in and is not dense.
Ammonia (NH4) appears to be a viable storage medium, you dissolve the gas in water and then split the nitrogen off. It may also function as a fuel cell although I'd have to look that up to see.
Boy is it frustrating to hear the ways in which people convince themselves to turn a blind eye towards serious problems.
When that resident said he didn't understand why the protestors were doing what they were doing, I might have asked him what he thought about climate change. That would probably be a revealing moment
climate change has always been around ... if the climates were not changing the world would be dead .... the world is a living thing in the sense that it changes constantly the same as our bodies change constantly ...... in the 70s it was global cooling then the wack jobs went to global warming now its climate change ..... wake up stop being used as political pawns ..... we are not at a point we can do without coal or oil .... trying to get rid of coal currently will drive up costs of things such as power and the ability to heat in lower income areas to a point that people will not be able to afford the things we all take for granted ...... Stop being morons
The problem with climate change is people have been ringing the alarm bells for decades and nothing ever happens, lost most of its credibility. At least old Al Gore made some good money on what turned out to be a fictional movie
It's likely because the resident follows Fox News which isn't news at all. In fact it is FAKE NEWS.
It really is hard for some to shape their worldview in any case, but in what are essentially still “coal towns” where the coal industry is the sole high paying/non-service job provider, it’s even worse. That combined with some sort of GOP Propaganda (FOX news etc) and it’s unshakable.
Granted i agree it’s short sighted and self reenforcing (ie “why do we have no jobs except coal, but wait DON’T INVEST IN OTHER STUFF!” )
I'm sure condescending people who don't work in the energy sector talking down to them will totally work lmao
Simple, get rid of Joe Manchin, whatever it takes, get rid of him.
Could make videos like this for every single senator. Fascism 🇺🇸
The inflation now without the bill is this bad. Imagine if manchin had voted for the bill
He still might and most of these people will still be asking for unreliable renewables. If they only realized how much money politicians are making in stocks for them they would realize they're being scammed but if this crap passes they will find out the hard way with rolling blackouts as a regular routine
100% right about the coal stuff. However, you can’t pass a massive government spending bill when inflation is that high. It would screw us all big time
L o l ! 42 years 1980-2022 of tax breaks to the richest 1% and corporate America plus two major corporate American taxpayer baiouts. Over 54 trillion dollars of socialist American taxpayer giveaway's to Corporate America.at the expense of American infrastructure rebuilding blue collar middle workers and the working class poor.
Minimum wage over this 42year 1980-2022 period only 7.25hr. I guess that massive Tax spending bill for the rich and in 1980 Ragonomics with 18% interest rates and gas prices raging out of control was OK with you ? When you don't learn nothing from American corporate economic greed political history you will repeat it. Truth + Wisdom = Peace ✌ 🙏 👏 .
If I remember correctly, Build Back Better was spread out over 10 years. Know what's screwing us now? Climate Change.
@wallbanger so you would prefer a depression, how ignorant
Thank you Vice News. This report certainly explains a lot.
I used to think when I was younger that corruption only existed in other countries, boy was I wrong! Coal is dead and is very polluting and it's day has come and gone. Any corruption and every problem has money at it's roots, every time!
Appreciate the dive into Manchin's finances. By any chance, are you considering Nancy Pelosi and her husband on the next go 'round? I'd be interested in that also.
Thats communism but damn i like the idea
Bold of you to assume any real Leftist likes Nancy Pelosi.
I think their main point here is even people like her aren’t ghoulish enough to block legislation in the same manner.
Yea like how her husband almost kills someone behind the wheel drunk and gets a slap while a much poorer person would have had his lincense revoked and would have been left destitute by lack of a car.
Of course they wont cover that. They're a propaganda arm of the globalist elite. They don't like Manchun be cause he voted against the Green New Deal (Great Reset agenda from Davos)
@@harrisonc985 We should push for government accountability and anti-corruption then, make impeachments actually work, government officials can’t own stock or business for self enrichment etc
If this had been working, then the modern legal environment would be different
WV needs change. Change that will benefit the people and the climate. Coal is not the answer. WV is the poorest state and has been for ever. This is why they need real change.
EAT THE RICH 🍴
He is right to an extent though, removing something people rely on before you replace it can lead to economic disaster.
We're not there yet to rely 100% on renewables. Nuclear is a better option although most idiots automatically think of Chernobyl and don't realize so many states already use it.
lol...yep. This reality is what keeps killing democrats at the polls. People care about what they're going to eat now.
"you have to use every resource you have" ---- ooookkk, but if that resource is destroying everything we have....then...maybe not?
Become a shareholder and wreck the company from the inside. This is what I do.😉
“We need a two path system…you have to have the climate and you have to have the ‘reliability’ of the fossil.”
Translation: “Reliability” aka, what keeps me paid.
Also, “transition period” aka “However long I can avoid the changes that will affect my pocket.
Manchin isn’t fooling anybody but that guy who thinks he’s doing a good job.
Every politician has their hand in the cookie jar. Right or left. They all do what is best for them financially. Big money in politics. We are the fools fighting one another instead of holding them accountable.
Unfortunately that's what we're always fighting about because there are always people who don't want to address the problem.
You are spot on. People need to open their eyes. Money and power.
It absolutely disgusts me that if we only would've elected 2 more truly Moderate Democratic senators, we would've gotten a BBB Act around $2.25-to-$2.75 trillion bucks.... Not to mention we would've gotten a filibuster carveout for voting rights, paving the way for passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, The Freedom to Vote Act, & The Electoral Count Reform Act! Just two more Moderate Democratic senators... 🤦
Cal Cunningham and the DNC supporting McGrath over Booker. 😞😞
Now remember how disproportionate the Senate's representation is if you really want to take your disgust to a new level
@@InverseAgonist My God! Don't remind me....🙄 I thought Sarah Gideon & Cal Cunningham had it in the bag, too.
America doesn't want your inflation. Get ready for the voter backlash.
He is a DINO 🦖
Haha good one never saw that before.
Another thing, isn't Joe Mansions daughter a CEO and a drug company? That could have affected his decision too!
Joe bins son literally screwschildren. I can view that on a public link.
No thats the head of the DNC: Gretchen Whitmer. You know the lady that went hard on the BS19. I wonder what corruption we'd find if vice focused on attacking corrupt officials not just corrupt right wing officials. You'd think people would hate being betrayed every 4 years.
Thank you again.
West Virginia's backwards thinking political ideology of a great senator. Very easily explaining their economic, education, medical, opiate drug addiction position. Ranking West Virginia at the very bottom of Americas poorest state. Thanks to Joe Manchin and The great job he does for keeping West Virginia last. Truth + Wisdom = Peace ✌ 🙏 👏 . Corporate greed never cease to amaze.
Is energy from coal provided to consumers at a lower cost then renewables?
Renewables will cost a significant more
Joe the liar his word means nothing!
I don’t care who profits from coal and oil as long as electricity and gasoline are cheap, and the air and water is clean.
The air and water will never be clean with coal and oil.
It's one thing to have the regular media on your back but this is Vice and Joe Manchins not going to like what these journalists uncover on him because they just don't quit or back down from anything or anyone .
Hey Vice when are you going to cover a real topic like the Hunter Biden laptop coverup and corruption. Or Nancy Pelosis dodgy trading on the stock market? Why do outlets like yours keep covering this guy just because he voted against the globalists Green New Deal (Great Reset agenda from WEF). You're a weaponized propaganda outlet, not a new organisation anymore!!!!!
That's crazy. Asking for contributions. We alrready contributing we make up your 7.9 million subscribers. You making more money than FOX news and the like. Don't be greedy please.
Manchin can't run from the truth. He won't actually join the Republican Party because then he would be just one among others in the herd. He makes sooo very much more corporate $$$money playing this game as a Democrat. “When avarice takes the lead in a state, it is commonly the forerunner of its fall.” ― Alexander Hamilton.
So few people effect so many people behind the scenes. Bet his breakfast is enjoyed every day knowing he said,"you can't just quit one for the other."
Can't?
Anyone who has can't in their vocabulary is NOT someone I would want to support in the booth. Bet he likes pepperoni pizza 🍕 too!
An ancient coal mine that feeds an electric system means this town needs a reliable viable energy system and coal ain't it ..
Note; West Virginia has the lowest graduation rate in America just saying !
He is about his own greed and not about helping his constituents. Show us how he has helped West Virginia.
To simplify, it's bc of greed, gluttony and pride..3 of 7 deadly sins. Get with the program Joe, Karmic debt never goes unpaid
"You have to use every resource you have."
- Captain Ahab
But WV ranks near dead last in many, many ways.. all under Manchin's watch... so what has he done for WV??
Good to see law protecting profits over lives. We had a good run
Considering that coal, oil, and gas employs so many people that, that would be that many more people helping us fix climate change with hopefully new innovative ideas, but from the way they're acting it's like they would just stick in the past.
Imagine you’re getting paid a steady salary and all of a sudden legislation passes that takes away your job.
How long will it take you to find a new job? How long will it take you to acquire a new skill? (harder the older you are) Will your next job pay be as good or better as the current one?
Politician want to get re elected and if the majority of the workforce is tied in coal will that’s what they will support
@@paulgarcia2887 they could support a Just Transition for these workers. This benefits the planet and workers
@@paulgarcia2887 think about the poor horse caregivers!
So many employees, we should kill this new car stuff before it takes away all these jobs.
@@iulioh I’m not saying we shouldn’t, I’m saying there is no logical reason for the people who work those jobs to vote themselves out of a job.
@@paulgarcia2887 That's fair, different groups have different interests.
My job does not depends on that so for me would be an advantage, for the guy mining coal not so much in the short term.
So...Manchin started his coal business around the height of the Ozone Hole crisis. Fun.
In India we also face same problems here, this environmentalists are menace to society, they increase project costs, delay projects, make hurdles for companies and governments ( eventually over budgeted project get completed) totally wastege of money and time. We have to stop funding of these organisations.
Why don’t you just remove him from office? No such thing as a recall?
Manchin is republican at heart......he sure votes in line with the gop
This is all well and good. I am curious if you plan on reporting on the wealth of other senators? Love how you target Manchin because he's a bad boy and doesn't follow the progressive path in lock step.
But he follows the republicans in lock step
His wife and daughter also are making $1.2 million trading coal in a non-blind trust per year in addition to his half million.
So dont conflicts in interest mean a thing in the us government ?
I was at the blockade. We need more of y’all to come out and join us. At this point in the climate crisis, mass direct action is the only way that will get us anywhere. We have written letters, we have rallied, people like Manchin will not be moved unless their profits are directly impacted. #WVRising
How come it's not a crime to legislate for oneself?
Politicians..disgusting.
no one uses coal only Joe Manchin....
One man is holding the whole world to ransom, how can that be justified?
Maybe Manchin needs coal, but not everyone else. 🤦🏻♀️
It is actually used in alot of products for other than power generation. Also the andesthite coal harvested in west virginia and pensylvania is a pure carbon and can have its emmisions captured and reused for plastics and other products.
Climate change agenda = hating prosperity
@@harrisonc985 right, but how is it a “hating prosperity,” when no one actually needs cars, biologically. We were meant to walk on our own two feet, not on cars. Totally not hating tho. You believe WHATEVER suits your narrative sugar! 🙏🏼
@@Benni777 Its not about cars its about gas. We arent pumping oil right now because of the climate change agenda and regular americans are suffering as a result.
When the government artificially lowers the supply that is creating a problem.
It's funny how you can see the intelligence of these people immediately, their signs are on point
West VIrginia ranks where again? Joe is their former gov and now Senator (total of 20+ years). Voter: let's vote him in again! Capitalism is not the problem, the Republicans refuse to allow capitalism to work as it should by meddling and pushing corporate welfare instead of allowing market demand and supply dictate what gets made and how it is made. Gov't role should be to ensure external costs and benefits are integrated into the profit maximizing level of productions, and not exploit labor to inhuman levels.
Find Jan Michael Vincent
VOTE JOE MANCHIN OUT!!!
Tar feather or worse.
I just hope these people spend decades in prison.
Who?
Be the change you want to see in the world.
@@unholylemonpledge9730 anyone remotely connected to the VICE company.
WOW UNBELIEVABLE
Paid Protesters?
These people are Heroes to the American working class.
These people don't seem like they are from the area. If this affects the residents of the town, why aren't they there, their presence is missing. These look like outsiders.
Do tell? How the Hell do you know that?
I am the girl with purple hair. Born and raised West Virginian. Who are you to say who “looks like outsiders” if you aren’t from here lol
Ya a half million a year I’D DEFINITELY become a Senator!
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Manchin can be a great leader, up he chooses profits over our health. He is a no go
Vast majority of the world reliable use coal fired plants to generate electricity with great efficiency. Renewables are great but not reliable or efficient enough. A solar panel can hardly charge my phone.
And the group his wife is with received a billion dollars in funding in the previous bill.