- to think about, much less emphasize, with somebody who comes from five generations of coal miners in a place that looks like this is, to our enduring shame, unthinkable. why can't these coal miners get retrained? maybe put up solar panels for a living. why would these conservative, deeply religious people vote for a thrice married billionaire new yorker? well, i went to west virginia and, you know what, screw you. [disconcerting music] here, in the heart of every belief system i've ever mocked or fought against, i was welcomed with open arms by everyone. i found a place both heartbreaking and beautiful, a place that symbolizes and contains everything wrong and everything wonderful and hopeful about america. [twangy guitar music] the town of welch, known in its glory days as little new york. ♪ ♪