Jason Jernigan is a laid-off Keystone XL Pipeline worker who lost his job after President Joe Biden shut it down. On Monday, he went on Fox News to say that Biden’s decision has left him unsure on how he’ll make a living moving forward.
“I spent my whole life learning this craft and this skill and it’s not as easy as somebody might think or people might think to just start all over at 45 years old,” said Jernigan. “I guess I could possibly get a job as a greeter at Walmart, I don’t know.”
Jernigan, a third-generation oil and gas worker, went on to say that he feels like his livelihood has been stolen from him by the Biden administration.
“I’ve been pipelining for 21 years. This is all I know to do,” he said. “The recent administration has taken my livelihood from me and expecting me to get a job somewhere else. I’ve got my whole life invested in this.”
Jernigan was set to start working on the pipeline next month after being hired last year when then-President Donald Trump signed off on it.
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