Because with modern technology and all of the other things that we do, it's one of the great, great forms of energy. That's why other countries, leading countries are using it, some exclusively. For four long years, Joe Biden and congressional Democrats tried to abolish the American coal industry. They did everything in their power while he was awake, which wasn't much, shutting down dozens of coal plants, banning coal leases on federal lands and putting thousands and thousands of coal miners out of work, destroying their lives, actually destroying their lives. (14:15–14:21)
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Asserts that Joe Biden and congressional Democrats attempted to abolish the coal industry.
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