On September 19 , 2006 , in a Reuters Newsmaker conference , Turner said of Iran 's nuclear position : " They 're a sovereign state . We have 28,000 . Why ca n't they have 10 ? We do n't say anything about Israelthey 've got 100 of them approximatelyor India or Pakistan or Russia . " A proponent of healthcare reform bills , Turner has said : " We ’re the only first-world country that does n't have universal healthcare and it 's a disgrace . " In 2010 , during the wake of both the devastating Deepwater Horizon environmental disaster and the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster that killed 29 miners in West Virginia , Turner stated on CNN that " I 'm just wondering if God is telling us He does n't want to drill offshore . And right before that , we had that coal mine disaster in West Virginia where we lost 29 miners ... Maybe the Lord 's tired of having the mountains of West Virginia , the tops knocked off of them so they may get more coal . I think maybe we ought to just leave the coal in the ground and go with solar and wind power and geothermals ... " Turner endorsed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the run-up for the 2016 U.S. presidential election
Upper Big Branch Mine disaster
Upper Big Branch Mine disaster
Ted Turner