'He's had plenty of time': Red state Trump voters ditch MAGA as energy bills skyrocket

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Raw Story

April 9, 2026 9:44PM ET


Donald Trump promised to cut Americans' electricity bills in half within his first year and a half in office, but in ruby red West Virginia, some residents are now getting hit with monthly electric bills bigger than their paychecks.

Rebecca Michalski, a disabled woman on a fixed income in Rainelle, West Virginia, opened her February electric bill to find a charge of $940.08, more than her monthly check, The Associated Press reported Thursday. She keeps one energy-efficient lamp on at night and turns the lights off during the day. She took out a loan after receiving a cut-off notice during an arctic blast.

"Every time you see that power bill, you’re just sick," she said. "I already know before I open it. I just dread seeing how much.". She used to support Trump, but doesn't anymore. “It’s breaking me. And there’s nothing that can be done for it, unless the president does something,” Michalski said about her power bills. “And I don’t see him doing it. He’s had plenty of time.”

Across West Virginia, where all 55 counties voted for Trump in 2024, residents are posting screenshots of their electric bills on social media, demanding answers. Some are choosing between food and heat, while some businesses have shut down entirely because they can't pay the power bill, according to the report.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/trump-west-virginia/

[Lovie777]

1. These articles about magas being pissed.......................

and yet, they still vote for pain instead of hope.

[displacedvermoter]

8. They elected Jim Justice governor and then

to the Senate. Dumbasses keep screwing themselves, and the reporters and commentators keep shoving microphones in their faces in diners and at tractor pulls.

[Bengus81]

9. Voted in another Trump lakey in MTG seat. He should have won by more

but he won.

[samnsara]

2. those people who were stupid enuff to believe him...

...should be the ones to take him out. Hell hath no fury like a maga scorned.

[travelingthrulife]

33. They will forget all about it when Trump smiles in their direction.

[Prairie Gates]

3. Trump literally promised to cut energy bills in half

This was one of his key campaign pledges. Anyone who wasn't braindead knew it was an impossible claim, a "Pizza Every Day for Lunch" promise of a middle school election. But he said it, and he said it over and over again, and he pledged it and promised it. I will cut your energy bills IN HALF. That's the standard he asked to be held to.

Has he cut your energy bills in half?

[mwmisses4289]

4. The only thing he seems to have cut in half is what little brain he had left.

[Scrivener7]

5. Welp ...

[usonian]

6. So, they're tired of winning?

?????

[Exp]

21. A Ha ha ha ha ha!!

[truthisfreedom]

7. But it's always the Democrats' fault!

If the Republicans did something wrong, how come the Democrats didn’t stop them? FUCK THE DEMOCRATS! If the Democrats did something wrong, FUCK THE DEMOCRATS! If the Democrats did something right, IT WASN’T GOOD ENOUGH! FUCK THE DEMOCRATS! And by the way, the Republicans never do anything right, but in the unlikely event they do, FUCK THE DEMOCRATS!

[BumRushDaShow]

11. Thank you for reminding me that I had a flow chart of that!!!

[BaronChocula]

25. 100

Brilliant.

A reminder of which group, historically in America gets none of the credit, none of the passes, and all of the blame versus who gets all the credit, all the passes, and none of the blame. My visual aid:

[NCDem47]

27. All the way up to midterms, he'll say he inherited "a mess"

Totally dump on Biden until the last minute. Surrogates will say it takes awhile to turn around a big ship. Blah. Blah. Blah.

EVERYONE is on to him.

What an F’n joke of a man and President.

[Zambero]

10. When MAGA gets ordered up as a main course

FAFO gets served up for dessert!

[duckworth969]

12. MAGAs are masochists, their leaders are sadists

Grab the whips and black leather, they deserve each other.

[twodogsbarking]

13. Sad. Very sad.

[Ray Bruns]

14. Not really.

[Ray Bruns]

15. The people who voted for the Leopards Will Eat Your Face Party are confused

As to why the leopards are eating their faces.

[Aristus]

16. She can say anything she wants. In the next election, bet you anything, she votes Republican.

These people are incapable of thought, growth, or self-reflection.

[róisín_dubh]

17. Eh fuck around and find out

I used to live in WV. They cut their noses off to spite their faces daily. I have zero sympathy, except for the handful of people swimming upstream, trying to make a difference to the masses of ungrateful morons.
(And yes, that is my East Coast elitist upbringing staring down my nose at them-worst place I ever lived despite its stunning physical beauty; I’ve chosen an equally baffling part of England to live in, apparently, as East Anglians also love to vote against their own interests).

[Talitha]

18. Wise up, dear. He doesn't care about anyone but himself.

You got thrown under the bus as soon as your vote was counted.

[AllyCat]

19. Spoiler alert Ma'am:

He isn’t going to do ANYTHING for you.

It’s not who he is but you knew that when you voted for him. At least you won’t have utility bills when they just cut it off in the hot months.

[patphil]

20. My combined energy bill for January and February of this year was $1,400.

That's over $300. more than the same two months cost me last year.
At least I can afford to pay it, but it's a harbinger of things to come.
I feel bad for people like Rebecca. The Trump administration is bankrupting her.
And we know he doesn't care; never did.

[Martin68]

22. They "ditch" Trump? What does that mean? They are going to bitch about inflation?

[MW67]

30. Ditched trump

So they can hitch there wagons to the next disaster Republican, should be announced something like , "From the folks who brought you Bush and Iraq and trump and Iran ,now comes! Your next Messiah and Savior !

[purr-rat beauty]

23. The only thing Felonious trump has cut in half

Is the fighting chance, opportunity, and hope to survive and thrive

MAG-Asses

[Ray Bruns]

24. Just realized Trump conned you?

[synni]

26. With bills like that, it would be worthwhile to get solar panels

Oh, but wait--that's a LIBRUL idea!

[intrepidity]

28. Just wait til he ends LIHEAP. nt

[BumRushDaShow]

31. Yup

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143643512

[Bayard]

29. Trump proposes ending LIHEAP program, cutting aid for energy bills

https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/nation-world/trump-proposes-ending-liheap-program-cutting-aid-energy-bills/507-eb6d6254-50e0-4cb2-9093-dfb381c0f7fa

[BumRushDaShow]

32. Had an OP on that

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143643512

[artemisia1]

34. They only care about what effects THEM. /nt

[GenThePerservering]

35. They'll just stay home rather than vote

or vote for the gropers down-ticket to keep the America First agenda 'in place'.

They're better off just staying home, as 'America First' has been nothing but a disaster.