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Coal Miners Demand That Mitch McConnell’s Democratic Challenger Stop Using Their Image In Attack Ad

Molly Prince
Coal Miners Demand That Mitch McConnell’s Democratic Challenger Stop Using Their Image In Attack Ad
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Two coal minors depicted in Kentucky Senate hopeful Amy McGrath’s campaign ad are demanding that the Democratic candidate stop using their image for partisan politics.

Christopher Thacker, the attorney for coal miners Randy Robbins and Albrow Hall, sent a cease and desist letter to McGrath’s campaign on Wednesday after a video of the duo was — unknowingly to them — used in the political advertisement.

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