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Hillary Sorry for Saying She Would Put Coal 'Out of Business'
Truth Revolt ^ | 5/3/16 | Sarah Fisher

Posted on 05/03/2016 10:10:39 AM PDT by Impala64ssa

"It was a misstatement."
Back in March, former first lady and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said at a CNN town hall that she wanted to put coal miners and the coal industry "out of business."

At the event Clinton said she was the only candidate who "has a policy about how to bring economic opportunity using clean renewable energy as the key into coal country. We're going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business," she said.

But now that Clinton is campaigning in West Virginia, her tune has changed.

"What I said was totally out of context from what I meant," Clinton said. "It was a misstatement, because what I was saying is that the way things are going now, we will continue to lose jobs."

Clinton backtracked her statement to Bo Copley, a 39-year-old foreman and maintenance planner who lost his job at Coal Mac, Inc., a subsidiary of Arch Coal, and who shared his opinion with her:

"I just want to know how you can say you're going to put a lot of coal miners out of jobs, and then come in here and tell us how you're going to be our friend."

"I do feel a little bit sad and sorry that I gave folks the reason, or the excuse, to be so upset with me, because that is not what I intended at all," Clinton responded.

"I'm here because I want you to know whether people vote for me or not, whether they yell at me or not, is not going to affect what I'm gonna try to do to help," she said, "because I feel like that's a moral obligation."

Copley spoke to reporters after the event and said he was not persuaded by Clinton's change.

"I would have liked to have heard more about what her plan is going forward for us," he said. "I'm not into political games...I want to hear the plans you have in store for us if you do get elected."


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: alreadyposted; coal; coalindustry; herthighness; wv
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To: Impala64ssa

West Virginia Primary a week from today. Bad move, Hillary, very bad.


21 posted on 05/03/2016 10:32:50 AM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: bigbob

Er...the coal that makes the electricity for the electirc car...oh wait....


22 posted on 05/03/2016 10:34:30 AM PDT by Uversabound (Our Military past and present: Our Highest example of Brotherhood of Man & Doing God's Will)
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To: Impala64ssa

Uh-huh, sure.

23 posted on 05/03/2016 10:37:39 AM PDT by JPG (Go Trump!)
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To: lacrew
Notice the audience is over 90% WHITE, and the few Black people there were sitting in the BACK rows? Was Her Thighness unconsciously(?) pandering to White supremacists as well?
24 posted on 05/03/2016 10:38:08 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

She's lying. She and all her supporters -- and Bernie's -- want to destroy coal.
25 posted on 05/03/2016 10:39:14 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Justice Antonin Scalia knew that the Left’s desire to crush the coal industry was a big goal the Marxist agenda to bring the U.S. to its knees. He said so in at least one dissent. Most are hookwinked by the facade, including the new “progressive” political hacks Obama put on the Supreme Court.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/30/us/politics/supreme-court-backs-epa-coal-pollution-rules.html?_r=0


26 posted on 05/03/2016 10:41:33 AM PDT by Seeing More Clearly Now
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To: Impala64ssa

Why does she always dress in “Pander-Suits”?


27 posted on 05/03/2016 10:41:40 AM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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To: Impala64ssa

28 posted on 05/03/2016 10:42:41 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Mississippi! My vote went to Cruz.)
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To: Impala64ssa

I’ll bet gassy Hillary releases a lot of greenhouse gases. ;-)


29 posted on 05/03/2016 10:44:02 AM PDT by r_barton (GO TRUMP!!!)
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To: Impala64ssa

The Blacks in the back row were “Off the Reservation”...


30 posted on 05/03/2016 10:46:08 AM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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To: Impala64ssa

We’re sorry we said we’d put you in prison. But we would sure like to, Hil.


31 posted on 05/03/2016 10:47:50 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (I apologize for not apologizing.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Tell your wife her sister is better looking than she is. Tell her you always fantasized about her.

Apologize sincerely. Explain that you misspoke. The crazed old grandma at her stage in life still doesn’t know there are things you say that cant be taken back?


32 posted on 05/03/2016 10:48:15 AM PDT by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble minded asses overthrown,,,)
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To: Impala64ssa

She got nailed by these miners and we all know it is true.

She and Obama want to put the coal people out of business, the thing is we need coal as we can then build Thorium Reactors to replace Nuclear. The Chinese are already doing this and we need to get into this also.

By the way back during Bill Clinton’s term he made a park out of place, I think, in Wyoming where there was 100’s of years of low sulfur coal. We then had to buy this from Indonesia where those mines were owned by Clinton supporters the Riady Family.


33 posted on 05/03/2016 10:48:54 AM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: Impala64ssa

“I am going to put a lot of coal companies and coal miners out of business” she was caught saying on video in a speech.

She is campaigning in coal country today. When the video was played for her and she was asked about it, her halting response was to the effect that she took her own words out of context when she said it and did not mean it First time I ever heard that one as an excuse. I have heard of others taking a person’s words out of context but never the person accusing themselves of taking their own words out of context.And independents or anyone breathing carbon dioxide other than partisan Democrats would trust her why?


34 posted on 05/03/2016 10:52:27 AM PDT by chuckee
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To: r_barton

“I’ll bet gassy Hillary releases a lot of greenhouse gases. ;-)”

No. She holds it all in. That’s why she looks that way.


35 posted on 05/03/2016 11:00:15 AM PDT by MeganC (The Republic of The United States of America: 7/4/1776 to 6/26/2015 R.I.P.)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Enough of this Sea Hag’s pandering... Cruz and Kasich need to go home and let Mr Trump destroy her.


36 posted on 05/03/2016 11:13:43 AM PDT by MGunny
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To: headstamp 2

And this yokel will still vote for her.


37 posted on 05/03/2016 11:17:00 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (United we stand, divided we fall. I think the establishment has divided us enough.)
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To: Impala64ssa

She didn’t misspoke as her latest pivot indicates she wants to continue obummer’s agenda and that includes wiping out coal. Criminal LIAR illary!


38 posted on 05/03/2016 11:18:43 AM PDT by Harpotoo
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To: Impala64ssa

She’s not sorry she did it, just sorry she said it.


39 posted on 05/03/2016 11:22:04 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: I want the USA back

Plus they will scare them into believing that if they vote republican they will lose their welfare that the democrats have graciously given them after taking their jobs.


40 posted on 05/03/2016 11:25:03 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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