{"id":435328,"date":"2021-04-20T12:06:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T16:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=435328"},"modified":"2021-04-20T12:06:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T16:06:57","slug":"sen-manchin-democrats-turned-their-back-on-w-va","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-manchin-democrats-turned-their-back-on-w-va\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Manchin: Democrats turned their back on W.Va."},"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\">16<\/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%2Fsen-manchin-democrats-turned-their-back-on-w-va%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=435328&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 id=\"attachment_2400458\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2400458\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 MARCH 28: Sen. Joe Manchin spoke during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee confirmation hearing on March 28, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Zach Gibson\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED\u00a0 8:55 AM PT \u2013 Tuesday, April 20, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said his own party has left his state of West Virginia behind.<\/p>\n<p>At a National Press Club event Monday, Manchin criticized the Democrats for pushing their so-called \u201cclean energy\u201d policies, all the while ignoring the fact that the world is using more fossil fuels today than at any other point in history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have many of our lawmakers in Washington and we have many people who believe just quit using fossil, that\u2019s all, that\u2019ll take care of the problem,\u201d Manchin said. \u201cIt\u2019s called global climate. It\u2019s not called North American climate. It\u2019s not called West Virginia climate. It\u2019s global climate, and there\u2019s more fossil being used in the world today than ever before, and it\u2019s not, it\u2019s not receding. They\u2019re going to use whatever fuels they have in their backyard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Further, within the Democrats\u2019 $2 trillion infrastructure package are a number of proposals that could spell the end of the industry. This includes a so-called \u201cclean energy standard\u201d and a pause on leases for fossil fuel drilling and mining on federal land.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin went on to say that Democrats would not get his support, or the support of the nation\u2019s largest miner\u2019s union, for their infrastructure plan if they do not provide protections for the thousands of coal workers who, as Manchin said, are the backbone of America\u2019s fuel industry.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2400459\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2400459\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2400459\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2914.jpeg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 16:  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) questions Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, during his testimony before an oversight hearing to examine the Federal Communications Commission spectrum auctions program for fiscal year 2021 on June 16, 2020 in Washington, DC. The hearing was held by the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government. (Photo by Toni Sandys-Pool\/Getty Images)\" width=\"655\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2914.jpeg 655w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1220416849-1-315x210.jpg 315w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1220416849-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1220416849-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2400459\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 JUNE 16: Sen. Joe Manchin is shown on June 16, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Toni Sandys-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cecil Roberts, president of the United Mine Workers Union, wasn\u2019t convinced Democrats in Washington would do anything to help, especially after Joe Biden cost thousands of workers their jobs on his first day in office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to look at the fact that 7,000 people lost their jobs just last year in this industry, and where did they go? They went to the unemployment line,\u201d Roberts stated. \u201cSome of the things that Congress has done to help those who lost their jobs haven\u2019t been very beneficial, obviously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manchin argued as Democrats have shifted their focus away from coal, which still provides nearly 40 percent of global power, their neglect has pushed West Virginians, who for the majority of the 20th century reliably voted Democrat, to become fierce supporters of GOP candidates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said, I can tell you how West Virginia feels. We feel like the returning Vietnam veteran. We\u2019ve done every dirty job you\u2019ve asked us to do. We never questioned, we did it and performed well,\u201d Manchin stated. \u201cNow all of a sudden, we\u2019re not good enough. We\u2019re not clean enough. We\u2019re not green enough. We\u2019re not smart enough. You want to know why they quit voting for Democrats? That\u2019s the reason.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/detroit-police-chief-calls-for-mich-rep-rashida-tlaib-to-resign-over-anti-police-comments\/\">Detroit Police Chief Calls For Mich. Rep. Rashida Tlaib To Resign Over Anti-Police Comments<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 MARCH 28: Sen. Joe Manchin spoke during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee confirmation hearing on March 28, 2019 in Washington, DC. 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