{"id":1144037,"date":"2021-12-22T22:04:19","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T03:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1144037"},"modified":"2021-12-22T22:04:21","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T03:04:21","slug":"west-virginia-coal-miner-hits-back-we-contribute-more-to-america-than-bette-midler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/west-virginia-coal-miner-hits-back-we-contribute-more-to-america-than-bette-midler\/","title":{"rendered":"West Virginia Coal Miner Hits Back: We Contribute More to America than Bette Midler"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwest-virginia-coal-miner-hits-back-we-contribute-more-to-america-than-bette-midler%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1144037&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bettemidlercoalminor1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A West Virginia coal miner reacted to left-wing Hollywood star Bette Midler <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/12\/20\/bette-midler-attacks-west-virginians-as-poor-illiterate-and-strung-out-then-apologizes\/\">insulting<\/a> the people of his state, pointing out that West Virginians&nbsp;contribute far more to the United States than the actress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think my first reaction was, \u2018Bette Who?\u2019 I don\u2019t really recall anything that she\u2019s done too significant here in the last little bit,\u201d&nbsp;coal miner Bo Copley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnsnews.com\/blog\/craig-bannister\/wv-coal-miner-things-we-do-state-really-drive-nation-far-more-someone-bette\">told<\/a> Fox&nbsp;&amp; Friends First on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Copley added that West Virginians aren\u2019t losing any sleep over Midler\u2019s insult, especially given that her career has been at a standstill for a while.&nbsp;\u201cI don\u2019t think a lot of West Virginians are losing sleep over it,\u201d he said. \u201cThe only thing to lose sleep over is getting up early and heading out and going to work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch Below:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThey have the platforms. They\u2019re the people that can get their tweets read and for people react to,\u201d Copley said of left-wing celebrities like Midler. \u201cBut, honestly, we know, deep in our hearts, the things that we do here in this state really drive this nation far more than someone like Bette Midler or Hollywood liberal elitists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The coal miner also said there are plenty of people in West Virginia who are talented enough to do Midler\u2019s job better than she can.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way I look at it, I\u2019m sure there are way more people in this state that could do her job than any of these jobs that she can possibly do,\u201d Copley said. \u201cSo, I&nbsp;would throw that gauntlet down and say, \u2018You come to do what we do and see how well you do at it, or give us a chance to do what you do.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd, I promise you, we could do better at what she does,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Midler had insulted the people of West Virginia in a Twitter rant on Monday, describing them as \u201cpoor, illiterate and strung out\u201d while attacking Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), who effectively killed the $4.91 trillion so-called \u201cBuild Back Better\u201d legislation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JoeManchin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JoeManchin<\/a>, who represents a population smaller than Brooklyn, has done to the rest of America, who wants to move forward, not backward, like his state, is horrible.  He sold us out.  He wants us all to be just like his state, West Virginia. Poor, illiterate and strung out.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 bettemidler (@BetteMidler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetteMidler\/status\/1472955243935711236?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <em>Freak Show<\/em>&nbsp;actress later offered up a half apology, saying she was angry over the senator\u2019s decision to vote against President Joe Biden\u2019s \u201cBuild Back Better\u201d plan.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I apologize to the good people of WVA for my last outburst.  I\u2019m just seeing red; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JoeManchin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JoeManchin<\/a> and his whole family are a criminal enterprise.  Is he really the best WV has to offer its own citizens? Surely there\u2019s someone there who has the state\u2019s interests at heart, not his own!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 bettemidler (@BetteMidler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetteMidler\/status\/1472964848875188226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>You can follow Alana&nbsp;Mastrangelo on&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ARmastrangelo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;and Twitter at&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARmastrangelo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@ARmastrangelo<\/a>, and on&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alanamastrangelo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A West Virginia coal miner reacted to left-wing Hollywood star Bette Midler insulting the people of his state, pointing out that West Virginians\u00a0contribute far more to the United States than &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1144037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1144037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1144037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1144037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1144037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1144037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1144037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}