It was just a day ago that Hillary Clinton, campaigning deep in coal country, tried to convince voters that the future of coal mining “is something that I am really worried about.” In other words, she must be certain she’ll win the general election in November, because she’s the No. 1 reason coal miners are worried, having pledged in March to “put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business.”
Clinton now says she misspoke at that CNN town hall.
HRC on her coal miners "out of business" comment: "To put it plainly, I misspoke. That’s one reason why I took this trip"
— Monica Alba (@albamonica) May 3, 2016
It's cool how Hillary can say whatever, & if it doesn't sit well with a group of people, suddenly claim she misspoke so all is good
— Kevin Gosztola (@kgosztola) May 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/1PhoenixDragon/status/727587366211334144
Get ready!! Hillary's most used words during the election will be, "I misspoke". Lol
— Julie Rice Prince (@juliep1163) May 3, 2016
Hillary "misspoke"?
No, she's telling everyone what they want to hear from 1 who has lived all her life by the lie. https://t.co/d1AIL2t3h9— UnfreezYourMind (@UnfreezYourMind) May 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/jjmjdesq/status/727496569902133251
Hillary says she won't put coal miners out of business–at least not until they've voted for her in November https://t.co/e0BrgD6FYv
— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) May 3, 2016
Just to give Clinton a fair shake, here’s her quote in context, according to Yahoo News: “What I said was totally out of context from what I meant because I have been talking about helping coal country for a very long time,” Clinton said. “What I was saying is that the way things are going now, we will continue to lose jobs. That’s what I meant to say.”
So when she said on CNN that “we’re going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business,” what she meant to say was, “the way things are going now, we will continue to lose jobs.” Right.
Clinton, who for some reason has started signing her tweets “Hillary” instead of “H,” tweeted Tuesday afternoon about the honorable legacy of Appalachian workers.
“There’s no question that the workers of Appalachia made America more prosperous and secure, and that legacy should be honored.” —Hillary
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) May 3, 2016
If we worked in the coal industry, Clinton’s use of the past tense (“made” America more prosperous) and the word “legacy” wouldn’t exactly fill us with confidence. A reading of today’s tweets shows that she’s sticking to her plan for the future of coal mining, which just happens to mesh perfectly with her out-of-context pledge to put coal companies out of business.
We’ll create more good-paying jobs by investing in locally-driven projects and infrastructure improvements. https://t.co/nW2JqXGZT9
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) May 3, 2016
Revitalizing Appalachia means investing in education and training—from pre-K to college to vocational and retraining programs.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) May 3, 2016
@HillaryClinton Retrained for what?
— B (@Bobbidy) May 3, 2016
.@HillaryClinton If only there were some valuable natural resource in Appalachia to harvest & build entire communities around.
— kilgore trout was in the loop (@KT_So_It_Goes) May 3, 2016
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