(Meg Kelly/The Washington Post)“And I’ve turned West Virginia around, because of what I’ve done environmentally with coal. He claims he has “turned West Virginia around” by cutting regulations and “letting people go mine.”Since taking office, Trump has cut several Obama-era regulations on mining and energy production. And in the first quarter of 2017, West Virginia, a major energy-producing state, saw a 3 percent increase in gross domestic product, the broadest measure of the economy. And, finally, increased drilling in the Arctic and the Atlantic Oceans has no bearing on West Virginia. Unfortunately, the falling unemployment rate in West Virginia reflects the fact that thousands of people left the labor force altogether.

Source: Washington Post November 01, 2017 06:56 UTC