Wudi@feddit.uk to pics@lemmy.world · edit-25 days 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-square46fedilinkarrow-up1276arrow-down12
arrow-up1274arrow-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-25 days agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squarenot_woody_shaw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up68·5 days agoHow can he be a business owner AND a politician? That’s a clear conflict of interest.
minus-squareAweigh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up39arrow-down1·edit-25 days ago How can he be a business owner AND a politician? Because voters trust him. https://www.propublica.org/article/this-governor-still-guides-his-billion-dollar-business-empire-even-though-he-said-he-wouldnt The real question is why do they trust him?
minus-squaremodernangel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 days agothey don’t - it’s not about trust, it’s just spitefully gravitating to whatever “makes liberal heads explode”.
minus-squareShindo66@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days 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-squareDarkFuture@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-25 days 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-up1·4 days agoThat and non voters refuse to do anything to curb this too.
minus-squarecrunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 days agoBecause we can trust them to run the country like a business: straight into the ground.
minus-squareaaa999@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days 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.
Because voters trust him.
https://www.propublica.org/article/this-governor-still-guides-his-billion-dollar-business-empire-even-though-he-said-he-wouldnt
The real question is why do they trust him?
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
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