It’s gonna be great watching centrist Democrats find an excuse to blame progressives when the person who represents centrists perfectly hands the Senate to Mitch McConnell.
The country is going to hand McConnell the Senate. The 2024 map is so bad that Biden could win by 9 points nationally and still end up with a GOP Senate.
Do it already, Jesus. This dip shit just wants attention.
Kick him out before he leaves.
The dems should never have expected to rely on his seat anyway. Hes from the most bumfuck state in the union. West Virginias entire economy basically runs on coal
They didn’t. Every judge Manchin votes through and every Democratic policy he reluctantly says “Aye” for is playing with house money. Everyone knows how impossibly difficult the Senate map is for Democrats in 2024 and has for the better part of a decade.
these people just don’t get harassed enough in real life by the regular citizens whose lives they destroy… i mean this asshole can just freely go about his daily life while he actively ruins people’s lives, it’s criminal…
The people there love him. WV is a clear case of voters voting against their best interest.
Because obviously everyone who doesn’t just unfailingly agree with your personal views only disagrees because they’re stupid.
Because WV is crumbling to pieces and being held back by their lust for the glory days of coal, when everyone got rich easily. I have two sites there I support and travel there frequently, I see the devistation going on there. Yet the voters keep voting for Republicans who are preventing them from moving forward. Obama tried to create solar panel jobs there, well the entire solar system ecosystem there, the local Republicans convinced the voters to say no to it. Theses were fantastic high paying jobs. I see the people sleeping on the streets, we have a homeless camp just outside of our office in Huntington. So maybe, just maybe, I might have an inkling of an idea of what I’m talking about.
Do you?
There’s homeless people in every state. Doesn’t mean that the state is crumbling just because it doesn’t bankroll the bums
Kabuki theatre. This is about getting reelected
For 99% of elected officials, every action they take is about getting re-elected. The difference here is Manchin has a counterproductive strategy to do so.
He was never really part of it anyway. I’d rather see a strong progressive run in WV. You might be surprised with someone who stands for the people and not just for themselves.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
But Biden’s actions on climate are one issue now pushing the fossil fuels-aligned senator towards the exit door and he will reportedly skip the anniversary event.
The senator recently dined with a top Biden aide, NBC said, as the White House tried “to ensure the president is not caught off-guard when Manchin publicly breaks with him”.
Hailing “one of the most historic pieces of legislation passed in decades”, he said West Virginia, a state dominated by coal interests, was “already seeing real results”.
But he also said he would “continue to fight the Biden administration’s unrelenting efforts to manipulate the law to push their radical climate agenda at the expense of both our energy and fiscal security”.
On Thursday, Manchin told West Virginia radio he was “thinking seriously” about ceasing to identify as a Democrat, whether to run for re-election as an independent or as a third-party candidate for president, backed by the No Labels group.
Democrats hold the Senate 51-49, a majority that already includes three independents: Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Angus King of Maine and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona.
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I can’t with this guy. Is he some sort of attention whore or what?
He’s no longer the “50th vote” in the Senate so he hasn’t gotten nearly the same media attention. It’s eating him up and I just love it.
Fuck this guy. How about they support an actual Democrat to run against him if he pulls this shit?
Blue no matter who and its consequences.
the Inflation Reduction Act is climate legislation?.. should we pass a Climate Reduction Act to get ahead of the grocery bill?
Are you new to earth, or are you genuinely unaware of how these all-encompassing bills work?
Fun fact Ice cube is also sadly a Republican
Because it’s always been a rich vs. poor issue. He now loves the police because he can afford special treatment.
Yep
I think Manchin wants out.
