• Baron Von J@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      That was such a face slap of sound bite propaganda. From your linked article

      Clinton did tell a town hall audience in Columbus, Ohio in March that “we’re going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business.” But that was part of a longer answer about the need to help blue-collar workers adjust. “We’re going to make it clear that we don’t want to forget those people,” Clinton said. “Those people labored in those mines for generations, losing their health, often losing their lives to turn on our lights and power our factories. Now we’ve got to move away from coal and all the other fossil fuels, but I don’t want to move away from the people who did the best they could to produce the energy that we relied on.”

      The $30 billion plan she released last fall calls for of increased job training, small-business development, and infrastructure investment, especially in Appalachia. The plan also seeks to safeguard miners’ healthcare and pensions.

      But years later all I ever hear brought up is that one closing sentence.

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        4 months ago

        But years later all I ever hear brought up is that one closing sentence.

        Because that closing sentence ended her political career.

        You can’t ever tell voters you’re going to put them out of work. Ever.

        You tell coal miners “I want you to have better, safer jobs that don’t involve risking your lives underground for business owners who don’t care about you just so your children and grandchildren can survive and thrive.”

    • Wirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      4 months ago

      While watching the debate it was funny watching Trump say she’ll end fracking like that’s a bad thing (though even with green energy, I do admit we’d still need it for plastic).

      I joked “next he’ll attack her by saying she’ll drive up green energy” then he literally did. Said she’d return to windmills and dare to use desert land for solar panels, oh the humanity xD.