Sen. Rand Paul on Monday called on Hillary Clinton to apologize for promising to put coal miners out of work after a report was released showing Kentucky lost more than 1,500 coal mining jobs in the first three months of the year.

The former scretary of state is campaigning through coal country this week, seeking to rebuild some bridges she burned after saying she would put coal miners “out of business” a few months ago.

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