Manchin Demands Public Apology From Biden Over ‘Outrageous’ Coal Comments

(Left) President Joe Biden speaks at Delaware State University in Dover, Del., on Oct. 21, 2022. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images); (Right) Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Sept. 20, 2022. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is demanding a public apology from President Joe Biden over what Manchin describes as Biden’s “outrageous” remarks regarding coal.

“President Biden’s comments are not only outrageous and divorced from reality, they ignore the severe economic pain the American people are feeling because of rising energy costs,” Manchin said in a statement on Nov. 5.