On an interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier and a statement blasted out to reporters soon after, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said he could not support the current version of the Build Back Better act being considered in the Senate.
manchin is a DINO in every sense of the word. he is far, far closer to moscow mitch and his priorities than he is to Schumer and Democratic priorities. Fuck him,
Senator Scrooge…. F this guy…
A lump of coal in all of our stockings from this stupidest of grinches. If they can’t sort this out, or voting rights before the mid terms, I fear we will be in the wilderness for a generation, and at the whim of psychopaths like matt gaetz (if he can stay out of prison) and gym jordan.
Christ, what an asshole.
We will be in the wilderness forever. There is no change in hell the Republicans or the second and permanent Trump administration will ever cede power to the Democrats again.
During an interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier and in a statement blasted out to reporters soon after, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said he could not support the current version of the Build Back Better act being considered in the Senate.
The most surprising thing about this is that anyone could possibly be stupid enough to be surprised by it.
“I cannot explain the sweeping Build Back Better Act in West Virginia”
Then red states will continue to suffer, because conservatives believe all states should suffer.
Everybody notice, he made it a point to anounce it on Fox, guess Newsmax or OAN were not available
Please. You’re grasping at straws. It’s over. He played us just like most of us knew he was playing us, buying time for his owners to decide what THEY wanted.
Don’t take no for an answer. There is still a deal to be made here.
As I just noted, there’s still a deal to be made.
Has manchin ever definitively stated what kind of bill he would support? And if he did make such a statement could he be trusted to actually support said bill?
I’m with Rep. Omar
“We all knew that Senator Manchin couldn’t be trusted,” Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), a leading member of the House progressive caucus, said on MSNBD. “The excuses he just made, I think, are complete bullshit.”
“I cannot explain the sweeping Build Back Better Act in West Virginia”
Because he hasn’t - or should I say refuses to?
Perhaps suggest elimination of the “entitlement” programs they already receive to balance this bill.
There is no reason why Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski shouldn’t easily supply the two votes needed for BBB to pass.
Collins was just re-elected and could retire after her term ends, and Murkowski could easily sell the bill in Alaska as a huge win for the state and flummox her Trump-approved primary challenger. She’s already shown she can win as a write-in without even winning her GOP primary election as she has powerful crossover appeal in her state.
“This is a no on this legislation. I have tried everything I know to do.” The reasonable inference is that Senator Manchin just doesn’t know much; certainly not how not to be an attention-whore turd in the punchbowl.
“The most important thing? Do infrastructure. Spend $2, $3, $4 trillion over a 10-year period on infrastructure.” 1/19/21
“We’re gonna make Joe Biden successful.” 1/29/21
Likelier with Murkowski than with Collins, although not all that likely. And that would still be one vote short. Never depend on Susan Collins for anything other than an expression of concern. Never.
Lather. Rinse. Repeat.