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Dulcinea

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Sun Apr 20, 2025, 07:02 AM Apr 2025

In Maga country, Trump supporters want to get even - no matter the cost [View all]

(The Telegraph) McDowell County, West Virginia, can be a brutal place.

In February, massive floods killed three people including a two-year-old boy who was found 10 miles downriver from the truck he was travelling in with his grandparents and sisters.

The remains of a bridge are still violently twisted across the river by the road into Welch, the county seat. Some places became so inaccessible that – in the richest country in the world – emergency services had to use pack mules to deliver supplies.

Sandi and Tony Blankenship’s kitchen table is stacked high with paperwork for families Sandi is helping to get flood recovery money to repair their wrecked homes.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/maga-country-trump-supporters-want-050000541.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&segment_id=DY_VTO_CORE&ncid=crm_19908-1475736-20250420-0-&bt_user_id=1vZUyYX9IKu08XvZmvlYRBHSpQQZaKpTLoxPiUaXwfsdN90a71L7FymD7%2B%2FB9uFw&bt_ts=1745146601027

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