“Manchin has lost the coal miners with this latest betrayal,” said one labor reporter.

Expressing disbelief that Manchin would jeopardize a fund that sent $40 million to West Virginia coal mining veterans in 2020—out of $162 million nationwide—The New Republic asked on Sunday, “Does Joe Manchin know that Build Back Better would extend vital aid to sick coal miners?”

Manchin was giving so many provisions and so much money to help his constituents in the push to get him to pass the Build Back Better bill that his desire to kill the bill is now hurting his constituents.

Source: Coal Miners Union Rebukes Manchin for Effort to Kill Build Back Better