Energy and Environment

Manchin defends Clinton despite ‘horrible’ coal remarks

By John Siciliano
Published May 3, 2016 3:01am ET
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Manchin defends Clinton despite ‘horrible’ coal remarks
"As friends sometimes you misspeak and she misspoke, but then she came back and made an apology," Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., said of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. (Kyle Lovern/Williamson Daily News via AP) | Kyle Lovern

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin says he knows what’s in Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton’s heart when it comes to her plans for coal country.

The senator from West Virginia said he will continue to support her even though comments she made in March about killing miners’ jobs were “horrible.”

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