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Riley Moore: “We pushed back against it and got other states, you know…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 35:41

We had coal operators coming to me saying, I'm losing access to capital. We can't finance our stuff. No, no bank with us. We're getting debanked all over the place. And so We pushed back against it and got other states, you know, great state treasurers, patriotic people that helped stand up against this ESG movement that was destroying West Virginia. But, yeah, the working class of West Virginia was like, yes, thank you for doing this, fighting for our jobs, fighting for our economy, fighting for our way of life. (35:41–35:52)

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Asserts that other states and state treasurers joined West Virginia in opposing the ESG movement.

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