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Riley Moore: “During that war on coal, we lost tens of thousands…”

Featuring: Riley Moore, Republican | U.S. House West Virginia, District 2

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Rep. Moore Joins Newsmax on 'The National Update' to Discuss Nigeria, and the White House Coal Event

Published | Video Starts at 03:43

Oh, I mean that's huge. You got to remember flashback to the Obama administration, the war on coal. And During that war on coal, we lost tens of thousands, thousands of direct and indirect coal mining jobs. and it was a disaster for us in our state. And that was all due to over regulation and regulatory burden that was trying to kill the coal industry. (03:43–03:50)

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Asserts that the "war on coal" led to the loss of tens of thousands of coal mining jobs.

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