![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/midterms-2022-live-democratic-senator-demands-apology-from-biden-over-disgusting-coal-comments/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/AA13Mq7M.jpeg&description=Democratic Senator Joe Manchin has issued a blistering public attack on President Joe Biden after he called for coal plants across the US to be shuttered, suggesting it's 'time he learn a lesson.' © AFP Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of deep red state West Virginia, is often a thorn in Joe Biden's side - AFP Mr Biden, while speaking at a stop in Carlsbad, California, on Friday about the CHIPS and Science Act, said, 'We're going to be shutting these plants down all across America and having wind and solar also providing tax credit to help families buy energy-efficient appliances.'The White House quickly backtracked on Saturday, saying Mr Biden's words have been 'twisted.'They said the president was "commenting on a fact of economics and technology" at a time when the country is undertaking an "energy transition" that he is working to ensure means "more jobs and better opportunities. ... No one will be left behind."But Mr Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat who has longtime ties to the coal industry, seized on the comments in a statement on Saturday, calling them 'not only outrageous and divorced from reality, they ignore the severe economic pain the American people are feeling because of rising energy costs.'Such remarks, Mr Manchin said were 'offensive and disgusting.' and "the reason the American people are losing trust in President Biden. It seems his positions change daily depending on the audience and politics of the day."Follow for live updates Sign up to the Front Page newsletter for free: Your essential guide to the day's agenda from The Telegraph - direct to your inbox seven days a week. 06:54 PM'GOP obsessed with getting Trump's approval', says Barack ObamaBarack Obama said today's Republican Party is only obsessed with "owning the Libs" and seeking Donald Trump's approval, as the former president claimed the GOP had changed from the days of Abraham Lincoln.Mr Obama spoke on Saturday from swing-state Pennsylvania in support of Democratic Senate hopeful John F){kind=link}
Democratic Senator Joe Manchin has issued a blistering public attack on President Joe Biden after he called for coal plants across the US to be shuttered, suggesting it’s “time he learn a lesson.”
Mr Biden, while speaking at a stop in Carlsbad, California, on Friday about the CHIPS and Science Act, said, “We’re going to be shutting these plants down all across America and having wind and solar also providing tax credit to help families buy energy-efficient appliances.”
The White House quickly backtracked on Saturday, saying Mr Biden’s words have been “twisted.”
They said the president was “commenting on a fact of economics and technology” at a time when the country is undertaking an “energy transition” that he is working to ensure means “more jobs and better opportunities. … No one will be left behind.”
But Mr Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat who has longtime ties to the coal industry, seized on the comments in a statement on Saturday, calling them “not only outrageous and divorced from reality, they ignore the severe economic pain the American people are feeling because of rising energy costs.”