On the eve of Kentucky’s primary election, Hillary Clinton courted voters in southern Kentucky. The Democratic presidential front-runner held a rally in Bowling Green Monday.
Clinton spoke as though she was trying to mend fences following her controversial statement about putting coal miners out of work in the pursuit of clean energy.
She touted herself as the only candidate with a plan to revitalize coal country which includes putting more money into research to determine how the nation can continue to use coal.
"We do have to transition, but we need to take coal country, coal miners, and their families, and not leave them behind," Clinton stated.
The Appalachian region has been hit hard economically by the decline in the coal industry.
Clinton has already been tested in one Appalachian state. Democratic opponent Bernie Sanders easily won West Virginia’s Democratic primary last week.
