Biden’s comments “have been twisted to suggest a meaning that was not intended,” the White House Press Secretary said.
The White House sought to reframe comments by President Joe Biden on closing coal plants as part of a US “energy transition,” responding to harsh criticism by West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin days before midterm elections with Democratic congressional majorities at stake.
Though Biden’s comments reflect his administration’s support for green energy, they were politically perilous. Mehmet Oz, the Republican contender for the open US Senate seat in Pennsylvania, has already attacked his Democratic opponent John Fetterman and Biden for their stances on oil and gas. Manchin slammed the president’s comments as out of touch with rising energy prices and disrespectful to coal miners and workers.
“It’s easy to talk about ending an industry that supports hundreds of thousands of jobs in Appalachia and the Midwest, but the reality of such an action is harsh,” Roberts said in a statement.
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