Trump attacks wind power in state that gets nearly third of energy from wind

President Trump blasted wind power during a rally in Iowa Wednesday night despite the face that the state gets nearly a third of its power from the alternative energy source.

During his speech in Cedar Rapids Wednesday night, Trump said he was bringing back coal, highlighting a coal mine that opened in Pennsylvania last month.

“I don’t want to just hope the wind blows to light up your homes,” he said.

{mosads}Iowa gets almost a third of its energy from wind, the highest percentage of any state.

Trump has attacked wind power at rallies before. “The wind kills all your birds,” Trump said at an August rally. “All your birds, killed. You know, the environmentalists never talk about that.”

Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley (R) also said in August that Trump will attack wind power “over my dead body.”