Don Blankenship, a West Virginia coal giant who spent a year in prison for his culpability in a mine explosion that killed 29 people in 2010, seems poised for a potential win in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate. In a strangely deadpan campaign ad, Blankenship vows to drain the swamp and get rid of “Cocaine Mitch,” his unexplained moniker for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Doc says his bizarre candidacy is just further proof that people think politics should be entertainment.
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