"It's Politics and Stupidity"

Keystone pipeline worker says Biden's decision based on politics: 'I went to my truck and literally cried' over layoffs

'It's going to hurt a lot of people, a lot of families, a lot of communities'

"I build pipelines, I'm used to layoffs. We start projects knowing that once it's complete, we're getting laid off," Crabtree wrote in a Facebook post that has been shared 4,000 times. "We depend on these temporary projects though to make a career."

"What happened today was different," said Crabtree, who was working on a pump station for the Keystone XL pipeline in Nebraska. "I got laid off for political reasons and stupidity and the future doesn't look so bright."

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