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Rand will never stand up for coal miners

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  After losing almost everything, a community in East Kentucky is standing up to the coal industry and suing Blackhawk Mining. We know widespread strip mining has dramatically increased the risk and severity of these floods.  They deserve a leader who will fight for them, not against them. Rand Paul is not that leader. Rand Paul will never stand up to exploitative coal companies because you don’t bite the hand that feeds you.  That’s why he’s sold us out time and time again. Last I checked, Senators are elected to represent people, not corporations. Our grassroots movement is up against a lot of industry money in this race. So I’m asking you: will you chip in $10 to give us a leg up? There are many reasons why I’m running against Rand Paul. But the recent floods ravaging Kentucky have only made this race more urgent. Let’s review exactly where Rand Paul stands: Rand has taken at least  $850,000 of dirty money  from the mining, oil, and gas industries while our p...