In a new campaign ad in West Virginia, Democratic U.S. Senator Joe Manchin works the action on a scoped rifle, then says "I know what you're thinking, but I don't need to shoot the cap and trade bill. I already killed it."

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In West Virginia, where the president is wildly unpopular, Sen. Joe Manchin boasts about his unyielding opposition to the EPA and his confrontations with the administration. In his latest campaign ad, Manchin — rifle in hand — alludes to a previous commercial in which he shoots Obama's bill to cap greenhouse gases from coal-burning power plants. The senator says the state has enough coal and natural gas to provide energy and jobs for decades, and "I'll take on anyone who tries to stop us."

Dead Aim - Joe Manchin for West Virginia TV Ad - YouTube

[2010: Democrat Manchin takes a scoped rifle and shoots a hole through a piece of paper with the words "Cap and Trade Bill" on it]

"Energy" - Joe Manchin TV Ad - YouTube

[2012: This ad opens with Joe Manchin again holding a scoped rifle. He says: "I know what you're thinking, but I don't need to shoot the cap and trade bill.  I already killed it."]