[TheRealThing]

Repeating a lie ad nauseum will not transform it into the truth. Absolutely nobody claimed that 104,000 coal mining jobs have been created since Oct. 2016. Nobody that is, except for you. The Hill clearly and correctly reported that 104,000 mining jobs have been created during that period. Coal mining jobs are but a fraction of all mining jobs in this country.

My backup is The Hill article and the source from which their article reported, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and truth.

All vector did was to point out your "mistake." :biglmao:

Donald J Trump spoke only of coal jobs as he addressed the good folks of West Virginia. Asman was speaking of coal mining jobs when he cited The Hill article, which also spoke of coal jobs. The subsequent article cited by SourceWatch defined all of the 174 thousand listed as being coal jobs. Transportation jobs, some jobs associated with coal fired electricity generating stations AND the actual mining jobs came to a total of 174 thousand. I pointed that out for two reasons. First was your ridiculous claim of 50 thousand total jobs, plus your intentional deception in which you insist on limiting coal mining jobs to the miners only. Then Gut came on and further clarified other jobs, but not all, which are also associated with coal mining.

Don't try to hide behind vector, all he did was post a link. The ensuing narrowing and redefinitions on your part, were meant to slake your own long standing obsessions. As I said your distortions notwithstanding, might cut some ice with the likes of Motley and vector, not me. At any rate your initial effort was to attack valid sourcing. As you then proceeded to suggest The Hill didn't know what they were talking about and further, SourceWatch didn't understand what coal mining jobs were either. I will stick with Asman and The Hill. You go ahead and change reality to your liking. :Thumbs:

Absurd.