West Virginia Coal Association endorses Trump

Published May 5, 2016 7:42pm ET



The West Virginia Coal Association has endorsed Donald Trump for president on Thursday, a day after Trump attacked Hillary Clinton for pushing to put coal miners out of business.

The trade association, which represents roughly 95 percent of West Virginia’s state’s coal production, voted unanimously to support the Republican at a membership meeting in Charleston.

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