Obama tells NPR: ‘Perfectly legitimate’ to believe I’m engaged in ‘war on coal’

Published on Dec 21, 2015

Asked by NPR’s Steve Inskeep why ‘some’ ordinary Americans believe he is changing the country in unacceptable ways, President Obama voluntarily points to America’s coal country to admit people have ‘perfectly good reasons’ to object to his policies. Then, after backtracking the blame for coals troubles to ‘cheaper’ natural gas, Obama concedes, “[I]f somebody tells you this is because of Obama’s war on coal, well, that may be an argument you may be sympathetic to, and that’s perfectly legitimate.”

PRESIDENT OBAMA: “But, that’s not to suggest that everybody who objects to my policies may– may not have perfectly good reasons for it. You know? If you’re living in a town that historically has relied on coal and you see coal jobs diminishing you’re probably gonna be more susceptible to the argument that I’ve been wiping out the economy in your area, and you know it doesn’t matter if I tell ’em actually it’s probably cause natural gas is a lot cheaper now and, so…”

STEVE INSKEEP: “Coal plants we’re already closing down.”

OBAMA: “…it doesn’t, it doesn’t pay to– to build coal plants. Uh– your– if somebody tells you this is because of Obama’s war on coal, well, that may be an argument you may be sympathetic to, and that’s perfectly legitimate.”

NPR
President Obama’s Interview With NPR’s Steve Inskeep
December 21, 2015

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