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re: How Much Longer can Joe Manchin Take the Heat Before he has to choose sides?
Posted on 6/8/21 at 8:35 am to thetempleowl
Posted on 6/8/21 at 8:35 am to thetempleowl
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How Much Longer can Joe Manchin Take the Heat Before he has to choose sides?
I find the media extremely interesting.
At first they tried to paint Manchin as a hero to the left who was trying to build up a consensus on issues.
When he didn't eventually swing support back to biden now everyone is starting to call him a traitor because he doesn't want to end the country.
They are pissed he won't end the filibuster. They are posed they can't expand the Supreme Court. They are posed that biden 153257976 trillion dollar budget packed with essential idiocy might not be passed.
They are applying a ton of pressure to both dem holdouts.
I tend to think this is a Chuckie/Joe game that is getting out of control. I don't think it was expected for the liberal media to turn on Manchin and I think Chuckie and Nancy thought they could control the squad which is not happening.
This post was edited on 6/8/21 at 8:36 am
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Posted on 6/8/21 at 8:37 am to CU_Tigers4life
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I don't think it was expected for the liberal media to turn on Manchin
Yeah I can't imagine him being too agreeable with them saying he isn't very bright.
Posted on 6/8/21 at 8:43 am to Jbird
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Sen. Joe Manchin’s defiant statement that he will not vote for a sweeping election reform bill nor vote to get rid of the filibuster has progressive groups and some Democratic lawmakers wondering when Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) will get tough with the West Virginia Democrat.
Manchin is a member of Schumer’s leadership team and Schumer has several points of leverage, including the power to replace him as chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
But Schumer doesn’t have a reputation for getting tough with colleagues. Instead, he keeps them close and hardly ever criticizes Democratic senators who cause him headaches. Schumer is up for reelection next year, and there is speculation he could be challenged in a primary.
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Manchin on Monday said Schumer never pressures him, despite growing frustration among progressive activists and other Democratic senators who worry that President Biden’s agenda could stall on Capitol Hill.
“No, he never does. He realizes he’s from New York and I’m from West Virginia, two different places,” Manchin said.
Former President Trump won West Virginia last year with 69 percent of the vote.
Exactly.. democrats and progressives are hurt because Manchin is not following their far left extremist policies and viewpoints. His state is deep deep red. Manchin is in this for political survival. If they piss Manchin off enough, he could switch parties to Republican, to reflect the voting demographic of his state, and then Dems would lose majority in Senate.. even with heels up as VP and deciding vote.
Posted on 6/8/21 at 8:51 am to tigerpawl
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Manchin is anti court-stacking, anti new states, and anti HR1. You better throw flowers at his feet next time you see him. The most powerful Republican in DC is a Democrat.
At te moment, Manchin and the Senator from Arizona are the only thing saving this country.
Posted on 6/8/21 at 8:55 am to Carpal Tunnel
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It's called Finkelthink
Had to look that up, you're right!
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