It was a classic case of connections made in a life in a small town, Bo Copley told reporters after he became an unexpected star here Monday. What I was saying is that the way things are going now, we will continue to lose jobs. “They approached me Saturday and said they thought of me”.
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“The difference between us and them is that we listen to them”, he added.
The answer was typically Clintonesque, an effort to balance opposing political forces while acknowledging an uncomfortable reality: coal is on its way out, and it’s not coming back. Joe Manchin III in Mingo County, which is being devastated by the collapse of the coal economy.
“I know that my chances are pretty hard to be honest”, said Clinton, who vowed to return to the region before the November election. “Gotta put people back to work and make it happen”.
WILLIAMSON, W.V. Hillary Clinton apologized on Monday for saying she would put coal miners and companies “out of business” as president, calling her comment a “misstatement”.
In one of the more intense interactions Clinton has had on the trail, Copley – growing emotional at times – pressed Clinton for her past statement and asked her, “How you can say you are going to put a lot of coal miners out of jobs and then come in here and tell us how you are going to be our friends?” Hillary Clinton’s own aides “say she’s unlikely to win either Kentucky or West Virginia in the primaries later this month or the general election next fall”. “I know that is not in her heart”. “I do feel a little bit sad and sorry that I gave folks the reason or excuse to be so upset with me, that is not what I intended at all”.
U.S. Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton begins a two-day tour on Monday through rural, traditionally coal-reliant parts of the eastern Appalachian region where Republican rival Donald Trump’s pro-coal, anti-trade message has resonated with economically distressed voters.
The Democratic presidential candidate used Blankenship, who will soon head to federal prison to serve one year for conspiracy, to call for better safety rules for miners.
“Still supporting her hurts you”, he told Sen. “Because you know this country’s in trouble, and we’ve got to change”. “I just wanted her to know that my children were the ones that I had to come home to and explain that daddy didn’t have a job anymore”. Standing in front of pallets of beer, Clinton talked about the importance of coal miner safety, relevant job retraining programs and coal-fired power plants even as the nation moves toward clean energy.
But it is that single line that the angry crowd outside the medical center and Republicans have seized on. Another than 11,000 coal workers lost their jobs in 2015, according to the Daily Caller.
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Clinton will make an additional stop in West Virginia this week, holding a roundtable discussion in Charleston on Tuesday focused on substance abuse. “I just worry about him lending his credibility and great name and track record to a candidacy that seems to be just a continuation of what the Obama Administration’s done”, Raney said.
