Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on Tuesday afternoon dismissed the brouhaha over Vice President Kamala Harris’ interview on local West Virginia radio station WSAZ in which she touted President Joe Biden’s sweeping COVID-19 relief package without Manchin’s knowledge.
If the price of Manchin’s vote is letting him insist that “they made a mistake”, it is a price I’m sure the Biden Administration is happy to pay.
It is also evidence that the full-court press they lined up against him worked and he got rolled.
I think we all know who came out of all this looking like the winners.
Edit: Worth noting, as @cabchi points out below, that Manchin didn’t actually say he’d vote for the 1.9T proposal, or even something at a similar price. He’s just advancing the reconciliation process, which is important and significant, but means he might still want his pound of flesh.
I thought not!
Manchin is never going to be the vote that keeps Democrats from passing important legislation.
He’s not a big liberal, but he is a lifelong Democrat, and the most liberal kind WVA now produces.
Well, I’m glad to get that out of the way, whatever it was all about.
Now, let’s get this bill passed so we can get financial help and vaccines to the people who need them.
Funny how that works.
Well, that worked. hahahahahahahaha
Damn I’m loving me some President Biden and VP Harris.
O/T Sounds pretty weak to me
Trump legal team argues impeachment article is in ‘violation’ of Constitution, calls on Senate to acquit | Fox News
Former President Donald Trump’s legal team on Tuesday filed its response to the House article of impeachment ahead of next week’s trial, denying wrongdoing and calling for the Senate to acquit Trump of the charge.
The answer denies that Trump violated his oath of office while also saying that he was protected by the First Amendment in response to claims he incited an insurrection.
“It is denied that the 45th President of the United States ever engaged in a violation of his oath of office,” the Trump legal team brief says. “To the contrary, at all times, Donald J. Trump fully and faithfully executed his duties as President of the United States, and at all times acted to the best of his ability to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, while never engaging in any high Crimes or Misdemeanors.”
Nothing to see here, keep moving, back on the curb.
Damn I’m loving me some President Biden and VP Harris…And Jim Justice WV governor
Yes and those radical SOBs AOC and Sanders. ( snark).
I don’t recall them having to go golfing in order to get Munchkin in line.
The mistake thing? Nope.
So nice for our post-Trump sturm und drang to be the VP daring to give an interview on a local radio show without a heads up to a local Senator, rather than, I dunno,
tweeting out spy satellite footage of Iranian missile launchers
or having secret conversations with the Russians
or gleefully posing with MBS with the Glowing Power Orb.
Damn that is LOLLLLLLL funny.
One of the best Bernie Memes I have seen!
I swear Bernie and the Groundhog are making the same grumpy face.
Politics makes strange bedfellows…
( Political interests can bring together people who otherwise have little in common. This saying is adapted from a line in the play The Tempest, by William Shakespeare: “Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.” It is spoken by a man who has been shipwrecked and finds himself seeking shelter beside a sleeping monster.)
When it comes to tea, that is distilled water.
Manchin got that phone call I see,and besides what in that interview did the vice president say that was wrong ? Nothing but the truth.
" Thursday, the vice president told WSAZ’s Amanda Barren she and President Joe Biden ran as Democrats, but “we are Americans and we will lead as Americans.” Vice President Harris added, “The reason I am here in West Virginia talking with you is because everybody matters whether you voted for us or not.”"
OT: BUT…there is a different ASL interpreter working today for Jen Psaki.
Wonder if the Who? lover was quietly put out to pasture?
For real! Whatever was going on behind the scenes, they straightened Manchin out with a quickness. I never really questioned if he’d support the package since he’s always been there when needed, I was just curious as to why he was kicking up dust. Doesn’t really matter I guess. Glad he’s on board.
