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Simple. easy. awesome. xfinity. the future of awesome. president trump is jumping into a heated republican primary battle for senate in west virginia, where voters will head to the polls in just hours. the president is warning voters to stay away from don blankenship, former coal executive who served prison time for his role in a deadly mine explosion. it was known -- you may remember it -- as the upper big branch mine disaster. it killed 29 men where they

Thing 1 tonight, coal baron and convicted felon, don blankenship, who spent a year in prison for his role in a 2010 mine explosion that killed 29 people and who is still on probation has been trying to get republican votes in the west virginia senate primary by going after his own party's senate leader mitch mcconnell. nicknaming him cocaine mitch and referring to mcconnell's father-in-law as a "china person." >> i'm an american person. i don't see this insinuation by the press that there's something racist about saying a china person. some people are korean persons and some of them are africa...

Ship who spent a year in prison for his role in a 2010 mine explosion that killed 29 people and who is still on probation has been trying to get republican votes in the west virginia senate primary by going after his own party's senate leader mitch mcconnell. nicknaming him cocaine mitch and referring to mcconnell's father-in-law as a "china person." >> i'm an american person. i don't see this insinuation by the press that there's something racist about saying a china person. some people are korean persons and some of them are african persons. it's not any slander there. >> oh, but he wasn't d...

>> i have an issue when the father-in-law is -- is a wealthy person and there is a lot of connections to some of the brass if you will in china. >> my father-in-law is an american and who lives and works in new york and i don't have any comment about ridiculous observations like that. >> you said some harsh things about mitch mcconnell. >> i haven't said anything harsh to other people that is not said more harshly about me. >> reporter: senator republicans biggest concern, he recently got out of prison. the former maszi energy ceo was convicted of conspiracy to violate mine health and safety s...

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