Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said Monday that he is “leaning towards” supporting Vanita Gupta’s nomination for associate attorney general after Attorney General Merrick Garland vouched for her.
Democratic Teamwork is a beautiful thing.
This just in from the “Rowing our boats in the same direction” Dept.
“There appears to be a very clear double standard for certain nominees of color.”
Competent women of color. That’s three strikes in the GOP/MAGA playbook.
Vanita Gupta‘s support runs the breadth and width from civil rights groups to the major police organizations. Her opponents are a bunch of retrograde golden statue Trump worshiping reactionaries and include the disgraced Reagan era attorney general Ed Meese. It’s easy to see who’s on reformists side of these issues. This ought to be a no brainer for Manchin and most of the senators.
Excellent
Sure, OK now. Manchin can vote for the WOC with a nod from the white guy.
Manchin is such a little diva.
But so handsome. You’re a dreamboat, Joe, we all adore you, please be our friend. Can I get you something? A pastry? Coffee? A really fine scotch? Maybe an infrastructure project?
Could he not have done that in Tanden’s case as well?
She was nominated by Biden, after all.
I haven’t decided if his issue was a personal grudge or just flexing muscle…maybe both. I don’t really think it has anything to do with her tweets or lack or bipartisanship or being a WOC for that matter
Republicans apparently fear that a competent woman of color will do the opposite things that they want, like enforce civil rights laws and hold white racists accountable for their actions. No wonder they are so afraid of them, because the Ron Johnsons of the Republican party are exactly the people that should be worried.
Manchin chose not to vote for Tanden and got a great deal of negative publicity. Doing it a second time would make his misogyny and racism more obvious. Garland provided cover and an excuse.
C’mon Manchin…this isn’t rocket surgery…just get on the goddamn bus.
Manchin the Dems Drama Queen.
I agree that misogyny and racism are everywhere, but it’s worth recalling, I think, that Manchin’s animus towards Tanden may have stemmed from something more … personal.
I know about Tanden’s words condemning Manchin’s daughter but Manchin’s misogyny and racism were still apparent. Would he have voted against a white guy for the same reason? I highly doubt it. Manchin’s history precedes him.
Sadly, this will be the running story-line for the entire 4 years of the Biden Administration: What Will Manchin Say?
The best way to create a narcissistic bully is to continue to kiss his ass- allowing the bully to believe the Sun only rises and sets with his permission.
Manchin is the ultimate coward & jerk…only bucking Democrats when he knows he has enough GOP to do the dirty work to front for him… plus he’s just an ass.
Manchin has publicly pushed back against the nominations of Tanden, Gupta, and Haaland.
It’s pretty obvious, whether he knew it consciously or not, what was fundamentally driving his hesitation.
The problem with Tanden was likely that there were other Senators who were unwilling to go to bat for her either. Manchin may have been a hard no, but I bet there were a lot of soft Nos as well, so she really didn’t have a deep constituency supporting her.
Gupta, and Haaland, OTOH, had people who were really strongly pushing for them.
Manchin National Medal…has a beautiful ring to it, doesn’t it?
Win in 2022 and no one, not even west Virginians, will care what Joe manchin says.