Will Hillary Clinton suffer the same fate in Kentucky as she did in West Virginia?
If the coal miners have their way, the answer is yes.
A group of pro-Trump coal workers — some wearing hard hats — confronted Bill Clinton in Prestonsburg, Kentucky, his final campaign stop of the day.
Not an entirely friendly crowd here tonight for @billclinton in Prestonburg, KY pic.twitter.com/0luUzzlUFm
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) May 12, 2016
Video shows Clinton being booed as he took the stage.
“Thank you, too,” Clinton said as they continued to boo him.
“You know, I’m not like a lot of people,” he said, “it doesn’t bother me to have protesters at rallies. I’m glad they come.”
He attempted to diffuse the protesters by adding, “I don’t care if you boo or cheer, I’m glad you’re here.”
They booed again.
“Do whatever you want,” he said.
“It was Obama’s war on coal and his politics. I don’t agree with it,” 23-year mine worker Lloyd Hall tells the Courier Journal. He was laid off three months ago.
“Obama has destroyed our livelihood here.”
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