Jim 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. senator
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.
I can't imagine a person more for the people than a person with hundreds of millions of dollars. Are you worried about the cost of milk? Why didn't you become a hundred-millionaire if you cared so much about milk?
46 Comments
not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world · 68 pts · 61d
How can he be a business owner AND a politician? That's a clear conflict of interest.
Aweigh@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 61d
modernangel@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 61d
they don't - it's not about trust, it's just spitefully gravitating to whatever "makes liberal heads explode".
Shindo66@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 61d
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.
TronBronson@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 60d
Everyone loves a captive audience
Aetherial@nord.pub · 1 pts · 49d
"Clean coal"
DarkFuture@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 61d
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.
timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 61d
That and non voters refuse to do anything to curb this too.
crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 61d
Because we can trust them to run the country like a business: straight into the ground.
aaa999@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 61d
bad people made the wrong moral choice voluntarily to give him power
modernangel@sh.itjust.works · 29 pts · 61d
he sounds like somebody who's really in touch with my concerns and cares about my community
lol
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 11 pts · 61d
I can't imagine a person more for the people than a person with hundreds of millions of dollars. Are you worried about the cost of milk? Why didn't you become a hundred-millionaire if you cared so much about milk?
People are so lazy.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 60d
It's a gallon of milk, how much could it cost like $10?
regdog@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 61d
It's the real Holden Bloodfeast!
Thcdenton@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 60d
PugJesus@piefed.social · 23 pts · 61d
Fire the Senator, replace him with his dog.
birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 16 pts · 61d
Corruption
iilwl@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 61d
The state of WV is full of it. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to change the votes or general attitudes of many mountaineers and their politics.
schwim@piefed.zip · 13 pts · 61d
A fat white old man hoarding wealth while running the country into the ground? That's so rare.
actionjbone@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 61d
Christ, what an asshole.
Steve@communick.news · 0 pts · 61d
But wook ad thu pubby! Such a doorable Bubydog
actionjbone@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 61d
Even evil men might be kind to animals sometimes.
Nosavingthrow@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 61d
He doesn't deserve a dog like that.
GarboDog@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 61d
What a horribly ugly ass creature, bet it shits itself anywhere it goes and fucking humps any woman in its wake.
Hope the cute baby doggy gets a better owner, they don’t deserve such filth
BreadOven@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 60d
Not gonna lie. You had me there haha.
GarboDog@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 60d
Oh thank goodness our joke went through haha Yeah, the doggy is cute af
KuroiKaze@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 60d
I hate this fucking guy but I must admit I am immediately a fan of that dog
glitch1985@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 60d
Dog would probably do a better job tbh.
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 61d
Eat the rich!
DarkFuture@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 61d
Hey y'all. He's a member of....
Aww fuck it. We don't even need to look it up. We already know which party he's a member of.
Gammelfisch@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 60d
I feel sorry for his bulldog. The wealthiest senator leading one of the poorest and neglected states in the USA.
blazeknave@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 61d
Does he fuck the dog or make his wife do it?
ShotDonkey@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 60d
Villains used to have white angora cats on their lap. But this will do.
GeorgeLightning@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 61d
An ENGLISH Bulldog?! Revoke Jim's citizenship immediately!
GraniteM@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 61d
What a disgusting, slobbery, drooling, wheezing, farting, affront to the basic precepts of nature.
The dog seems nice, though.
Etterra@discuss.online · 4 pts · 60d
The bulldog is there to make him seem humanish.
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 60d
Senator for West Virginia
CoolSouthpaw@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 60d
What a piece of shit.
lime@feddit.nu · 3 pts · 61d
so his net worth is about 2/3rds that of jared kushner, who is currently at place 3318 on forbes' list of us billionaires.
start from the top.
pomegranatefern@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 61d
"Aww, cute dog!" reads caption "Oh."
CriticalThought@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 60d
He also bought the greenbrier resort for a song…
mig@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 60d
Is that the Whitespring Resort from Fallout 76?!
CriticalThought@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 59d
Had to look it up, and apparently it is!
Mulligrubs@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 60d
He's one of the good ones!
He hasn't raped even one little kid. o7
(women and bulldogs... no comment)
Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 60d
I hope the bulldog sleeps in bed with him and nicely leans against his face slowly suffocating him.
Auster@thebrainbin.org · 1 pts · 61d
Rule 2?
theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 61d
Save the bull dog from this planet destroying monster.