DISASTER IN 2010 THAT KILLED 29
PEOPLE AND WHETHER HE VIOLATED
SAFETY RULES AND STANDARDS.
LONG STORY SHORT,
MR. BLANKENSHIP WAS NOT A BIG
FAN OF THE EVENTUAL REPUBLICAN
NOMINEE, MR. MORRISEY WHO WE'LL
TALK TO AND SEEMED TO HINT THAT
HE MIGHT THROW HIS SUPPORT BY
THE INCUMBENT DEMOCRATIC
SENATOR, JOE MANCHIN.
MANCHIN INDICATING RIGHT NOW ONE
WAY OR THE OTHER, THAT DOESN'T
MATTER.
HE WANTS PEOPLE TO VOTE THEIR
CONSCIOUS BUT DIDN'T RULE OUT
THE POSSIBILITY THAT THAT MIGHT
HELP.
WHAT WILL THE FALLOUT BE AND
EXPLAIN THE DISCONTENT WITH
MR. BLANKENSHIP AND THE MAN I'M
ABOUT TO SPEAK TO YOU NOW,
PATRICK MORRISEY, THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
VERY GOOD TO HAVE YOU.
>> GOOD TO BE BACK ON YOUR
PROGRAM, NEIL.
THANK YOU.
>> Neil: CONGRATULATIONS, SIR.
DID YOU EVER GET A
CONGRATULATIONS FROM
MR. BLANKENSHIP?
>> YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T, BUT I
WOULD SAY THAT ALL OF THE
CANDIDATES ARE WORKING BEHIND MY
CAMPAIGN.
I KNOW CAMPAIGNS CAN BE VERY
TOUGH.
DON BLANKENSHIP IS A TOUGH
COMPETITOR.
THEY'RE ALL TOUGH COMPETITORS.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
SUPPORT OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT
RAN IN THE PRIMARY AND I'M
HOPEFUL IT'S A MATTER OF TIME
THAT THE REPUBLICANS WILL UNITE
AGAINST SENATOR JOE MANCHIN.
THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN MY PROVEN CONSERVATIVE
RECORD VERSUS JOE MANCHIN.
PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT JOE
MANCHIN SUPPORTED HILLARY
CLINTON, BARACK OBAMA, SIGNED
CAP AND TRADE LEGISLATION,
KILLING COAL JOBS.
SPONSORED A MASSIVE GUN CONTROL
BILL.
WEST VIRGINIANS WILL HAVE A
CHOICE BETWEEN A CONSERVATIVE
FIGHTER THAT GETS THINGS DONE
AND A LIBERAL THAT HASN'T
DELIVERED MUCH OF ANYTHING AT
ALL FOR WEST VIRGINIA.
>> Neil: YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED
TO LEARN THAT SENATOR MANCHIN
VIEWS THINGS SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENTLY.
HE SAID THAT HE WAS REALLY THE
ONLY TRUE CONSERVATIVE AMONG THE
THREE OF YOU, TALKING ABOUT
CONGRESSMAN EVAN JENKINS THAT
YOU DEFEATED AS WELL FOR THE
REPUBLICAN NOMINATION AND SEEMED
TO BE OPEN TO THE POSSIBILITY
THAT BLANKENSHIP COULD ENDORSE
HIM.
I TAKE IT FROM WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING, YOU HAVE NOT HAD A
CONVERSATION POST THE ELECTION
WITH HIM?
>> NO, I HAVEN'T.
I THINK PEOPLE THOUGH, THE
PRIMARY IS OVER AND RIGHT NOW
MYSELF AND SENATOR MANCHIN.
YOU'RE LIKELY TO SEE THIS KIND
OF STUFF FROM MANCHIN FOR A
WHILE.
HE'S GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO TRY
TO RUN AWAY FROM HIS LIBERAL
RECORD AND TRY TO PRETEND TO BE
CONSERVATIVE OR HAVE WEST
VIRGINIA VALUES.
THE REALITY IS THAT THE RECORD
ON THE ISSUES FOR JOE MANCHIN IS
GOING TO PROVIDE A VERY STEEP
HILL FOR HIM.
>> Neil: YOU SAY LIBERAL.
IN YOUR STATE, SIR, YOU CAN BE A
MODERATE AND BE DEEMED A LIBERAL
RECORD AND DONALD TRUMP IS VERY
POPULAR IN YOUR STATE.
WON THE STATE BY 42 POINTS.
SO YOU'RE WELL-POSITIONED IN
THAT BACKDROP.
BUT I WANTED TO GET YOUR
THOUGHTS ON WHAT SENATOR MANCHIN
WAS TELLING ME, HIS WILLINGNESS
TO LOOK AT A FACE TWO OF A TAX
CUT REPUBLICANS WANT TO HAVE.
MIGHT NOT HAPPEN IN THE SENATE,
BUT CERTAINLY GOING TO HAPPEN IN
THE HOUSE.
I ASKED THE SENATOR ABOUT THAT.
HE SAID HE WOULD VOTE FOR THAT
IF IT CAME UP.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?
>> I THINK IT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE
THAT JOE MANCHIN SAYS ONE THING
AND DOES ANOTHER.
HE INDICATED THAT HE WAS OPEN TO
VOTE FOR THE TRUMP TAX CUTS BUT
HE VOTED KNOW WHEN THE PRESIDENT
REACHED OUT TO HIM.
JOE SEEMS TO SAY NO.
I THINK VICE PRESIDENT PENCE HAS
POINTED THAT OUT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS GOING TO BE A
VERY BIG ASSET IN WEST VIRGINIA
BECAUSE HE KNOWS I'M GOING TO BE
A STRONG VOTE FOR HIS AGENDA AND
FOR CONSERVATIVE WEST VIRGINIA
VALUES.
SENATOR MANCHIN --
>> Neil: HAS HE CAMPAIGNED --
I'M SORRY.
DO YOU WANT HIM TO CAMPAIGN FOR
YOU AND HE'S A INGREDIENT TO
OR --
>> I WANT HIM TO COME.
I HAD A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION
WITH DONALD TRUMP JR.
HE'S GOING TO BE COMING IN.
I'M VERY HOPEFUL THAT THE
PRESIDENT WILL COME BACK TIME
AND TIME AGAIN BECAUSE I THINK
THE PRESIDENT IS REALLY HAD WEST
VIRGINIA'S BACK.
SO I'M VERY HOPEFUL FOR THAT.
I THINK HE CAN MAKE A BIG
DIFFERENCE.
HE HAS MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN
WEST VIRGINIA ALREADY.