Senator Joe Manchin
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And I said, because it's true.
I said, you have basically put benchmarks that we can't make because there's no technology that we can get our industry to meet those.
That gives you the right to shut it down.
And he made a statement, if you recall, go ahead and build a coal fired plant and we'll break you.
He knew that technology wasn't there.
So I'm thinking, Christ, what happened?
You're leaving us behind.
These people have nothing.
And they said, what happened to the West Virginia Democrats?
I said, I'd tell you exactly what happened.
They ran them off.
Now, all of a sudden, they've done everything like a returning Vietnam veteran.
We've done everything our country's asked.
Now, all of a sudden, we're not good enough, clean enough, green enough or smart enough.
The hell with them just by the wayside.
So you remember the slogan, don't leave anybody behind.
At least Joe Biden picked up that slogan in 2020.
And he has done a lot of things.
They're trying to have incentives to bring businesses into coal country, if you will.
I don't know.