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Jen Psaki: “It's just a dishonest promise to the coal miners and people who are in these towns, because coal jobs are going away…”

On the recordMarch 27, 2017
It's just a dishonest promise to the coal miners and people who are in these towns, because coal jobs are going away because of competition, because of automation, because there's a lack of demand by the steel industry in China.
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Jen Psaki
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Jen Psaki critiques President Trump's promises regarding job recovery in the coal industry.

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