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Obama gets bucket of coal for Christmas

A WEST Virginia congresswoman has sent a bucket of coal to US President Barrack Obama.

Justin Niessner
Obama gets bucket of coal for Christmas

Republican representative Shelley Moore Capito said the delivery was a Christmas reminder of the impact the President’s policies had on the coal-reliant state.

“Each piece of coal represents the concerns of West Virginia families who are especially struggling this holiday season because of the president’s anti-coal agenda,” Capito said.

“Coal means community in the Mountain State, and I am happy to deliver this bucket to the President to remind him that we will keep fighting to keep coal in the mix.”

Capito, who is the co-founder of the congressional coal caucus, teamed up with Friends and Families for Coal and Citizens for Coal to send the bucket to the White House for Christmas.

The Congresswoman will also deliver a binder of petitions titled “All we want for Christmas is to keep our coal jobs” signed by over 600 West Virginians.

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