Manchin never defended the remark but was criticized by West Virginia Republicans for what his party’s nominee said.
By 2022, coal mining employees in West Virginia made up nearly 30% of all coal employees in the country.
John Deskins, director of the West Virginia University Bureau of Business and Economic Research, said 75% of West Virginia’s coal jobs were disappearing before coal production dropped because of mechanization.
West Virginia Democratic Party Chair Mike Pushkin said Trump never fulfilled his promise.
He said the state Democratic Party was branded “anti-jobs and anti-coal” because of environmental policies coming from the national party.
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