They didn't believe lost jobs were coming back; these are the descendants of miners attacked by the United States Army brought in by the mine owners.  

 They KNOW about government lies and duplicity and who that government really is for and that it's not for miners or the middle class and never has been. 

For five days in late August and early September 1921, in Logan County, West Virginia, some 10,000 armed coal miners confronted 3,000 lawmen and strikebreakers, called the Logan Defenders.

The battle ended after approximately one million rounds were fired, and the United States Army intervened by Presidential order.  

 What they got was  much that Hillary would have continued to take away; any possibility of coal being used in the world further destroying their world.  

And yes, I have relatives who fought in those battles.  Part of my dislike of massive government is genetic!