Sen. Joe Manchin (R) has indicated what changes he’d like to see to both the sprawling democracy overhaul bill the Senate is slated to vote on next week and a measure to restore the Voting Rights Act that has yet to be formally introduced.
Either bring the votes, Joe, or step aside. You’re fucking with democracy.
Did Manchin change his party affiliation?
Nah. He’s still a DINO.
Manchin will be shocked and amazed when even this perverse mutated version of a Voting Rights Bill meets with absolute rejection from the GOP - because they are now dug-in and are now committed to opposing anything that could be scene as a Voting Rights Bill
Or is this a sign that his pointless stubbornness is weakening? Could be. His ‘suggestions’ (i.e. demands) are not very good ones, but it’s possible he could be looking for a way to save face.
Which is, unfortunately, good to see.
We better get started on plan B, as there isn’t a single Republican vote to be had. You know it, I know it, Manchin knows it.
He’s on the spot. The failure of S.1 will be laid at his feet and no one else’s.
Memo to: Joe Manchin
Subject: Voting Rights
Message: LEAD, FOLLOW, OR GET OUT OF THE WAY!
Signed: American For Democracy
He wants to scale back the reach of the Voting Right Act’s preclearance regime
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He also wants to ban partisan gerrymandering
One of the purposes of preclearance IS to disallow gerrymandering.
Signed: Pretty much everyone in America
I would be completely okay with him posturing to save face. Just getting frustrated with the long game, I guess. But woe unto him if he’s just yankin’ chains to yank chains. Don’t really believe any set of compromises would actually bring 10 sens across.
Both Sen. Manchin & Rep. Lloyd Doggett are members of the Democratic Party.
I heard on Here and Now today that there are rumors that he might change his party affiliation, that according to Politico, I think. Who knows the source(s) of those rumors, but plenty of people would have nefarious motives for spreading such a claim.
This bullshit is worth maintaining the current busted filibuster, Manchin?
Go tell your high-dollar donors that we know their names and won’t hesitate to boycott their pathetic business units if they keep trying to step on our democratic rights.
Fuck you, Joe. The only reason to requires “excuses” for absentee voting is to introduce hurdles to poor and working class people who rarely get the “excuse”, but between commutes, work, and picking up kids from childcare, have almost zero time (if that much) to get to the polls on a workday.
GO. FUCK. YOURSELF.
Manchin also opposes S.1’s requirement that states offer no-excuse absentee voting.
So we’re doing it wrong in WA with every registered voter sent a ballot without having to ask for it? Fuck you very much, Manchin.
I want to hear a reporter ask him why he thinks states like ours are doing it wrong.
Even if you think John Fetterman has no chance to unseat Manchin (and I don’t know and don’t really care if he has a chance or not), donations to his campaign can only help to make Manchin more fearful for re-election.
So…donate!
Because absentee ballots have long been reserved for deserving folks, like retirees (never understood that one, they’re the people with all the time in the world to hang out in line on election day) and other groups who reliably vote republican.
Removing barriers to voting just means more and more poor, minority and other core Democratic voters casting ballots.
May as well surrender to socialism and get it over with.
And lord do I know why Lloyd feels this way because I feel the same. Satan drew our map in Texas.