It's not a question of blaming trade deals OR blaming automation.

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66. No, I am saying

that to get them to vote for HRC, who said she wanted to destroy their jobs, the Democratic Party needed to do more than make unsubstantiated promises about what they will do "some day" after every job in Appalachia has been destroyed.

That needs to be the focus: make the investments in clean energy jobs in Appalachia as step one, stop using coal is step two.

I hope that you realize that economically, coal will go away once other sources of energy are cheaper Which is another reason you make the investments BEFORE you throw coal mining families out of work. Once we invest enough in alternative energies, they will become cheaper and more economical to use. People use coal as an energy source because it is often the cheapest alternative. Investments in clean energy will make that not true. But if you do that without ensuring good families wages jobs for hundreds of thousands of coal mining families, they are never going to vote for you. Who is going to vote to deny themselves an income. I'll tell you who: NOBODY. So it is about the Democratic Party and Democratic candidates reaching out to them. And saying stupid stuff about destroying their jobs isn't cutting it.

Is this about getting more votes for Democratic candidates or not? Because that's what I'm about. Your goal, except to mock and demean coal miners, seem wholly unclear.