Manchin erupts at Biden over coal comments

[babylonsister]

With 'friends' like him...

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/05/politics/joe-manchin-joe-biden-coal-plants/index.html

Manchin erupts at Biden over coal comments
Shawna Mizelle
By Shawna Mizelle, CNN
Updated 3:38 PM EDT, Sat November 5, 2022


Sen. Joe Manchin on Saturday slammed President Joe Biden after he called for coal plants across the US to be shuttered, saying Biden’s remarks are “outrageous and divorced from reality” and suggesting it’s “time he learn a lesson.”

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“Being cavalier about the loss of coal jobs for men and women in West Virginia and across the country who literally put their lives on the line to help build and power this country is offensive and disgusting. The President owes these incredible workers an immediate and public apology and it is time he learn a lesson that his words matter and have consequences,” Manchin concluded.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre responded in a statement Saturday saying Biden’s words have been “twisted.”

“The President’s remarks yesterday have been twisted to suggest a meaning that was not intended; he regrets it if anyone hearing these remarks took offense. The President was commenting on a fact of economics and technology: as it has been from its earliest days as an energy superpower, America is once again in the midst of an energy transition,” Jean-Pierre said.

Jean-Pierre’s statement only mentioned Manchin directly once, saying he is a “tireless advocate for his state and the hard-working men and women who live there.”

This story has been updated with additional reaction.

[Me.]

1. What Lesson JOe?

[Emile]

2. So what is the lesson this asshole have planned?

[2naSalit]

3. Karma.

[BlueJac]

4. shut up Manchin...

you are likely only worried about your profits and not the poor workers.

[Bengus81]

5. Uhhh...Manchin,8 Track tapes provided millions of hours of enjoyment and entertainment 50+ yrs ago

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But technology moved on. But I guess if there was still a giant 8 track tape cartridge manufacturing plant in WV Manchin would bitch if anyone said it was outdated technology too.

He doesn't give a shit about those WV people living in poverty while he boats around on his yacht and keeps promising more coal jobs.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

7. You can have my 8-track when you can pry the ball of twisted tape from its mechanism!

[progree]

6. Climate crisis: past eight years were the eight hottest ever, says UN, 11/6/22

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217324237

The internationally agreed 1.5C limit for global heating is now “barely within reach”, it said.

The stark assessment was published on the opening day of the UN’s Cop27 climate summit in Egypt and as the UN secretary-general warned that “our planet is on course to reach tipping points that will make climate chaos irreversible”.

The WMO estimates that the global average temperature in 2022 will be about 1.15C ((2.07F)) above the pre-industrial average (1850-1900),