re: #11 William Barnett-Lewis

The Senator must need campaign “contributions”.

It isn’t that. West Virginia relies on resource extraction for the jobs it generates, and thus its officials tend to welcome those who will bring jobs to their state.

Sneering at Koch industries is easy for those who already got a good job. But if you’re living in a poor county and Koch Industries is planning to bring hundreds of decent paying jobs (many of them unionized) to your county, you might well defend them yourself if it gives you that chance to advance yourself in the world.