Mr. Biden, speaking at a stop in Carlsbad, Calif., on Friday about the CHIPS and Science Act said: “We’re going to shut down these plants across America and have wind and solar power provide also a tax credit to help families. buy energy efficient appliances’. The White House quickly pushed back on Saturday, saying Biden’s words were “twisted.” They said the president was “commenting on an economic and technological fact” at a time when the country is attempting an “energy transition” that he is working to ensure means “more jobs and better opportunities… No one will be left behind .” But Mr. Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat with long ties to the coal industry, seized on the comments in a statement on Saturday, calling them “not only outrageous and disconnected from reality, but they ignore the severe economic pain felt by the American people because of rising energy costs.” Such remarks, Mr. Manchin said, were “offensive and disgusting.” and “the reason the American people are losing confidence in President Biden. It seems his positions change daily depending on the audience and the politics of the day.”
