And a few responses from Manchin himself which I love!
‘It’s not the president,’ Manchin said. ‘It’s the staff. And they drove some things and they put some things out that were absolutely inexcusable. They know what it is. And that’s it.’ He said he was at his ‘wit’s end’ but he didn’t specify what exactly drove him to that point.
Manchin also had tough words for Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi. ‘They figured surely to God we can move one person. Sure that we can badger and beat one person up. Surely we can get enough protestors to make that person uncomfortable enough they’ll just say ‘okay I’ll vote for anything’ just quit. I’m from West Virginia. I’m not from where they’re from and they can’t just beat the living crap out of people and think they’ll be submissive. Period.’
Pretty strong responses from Manchin. I’m so curious about what he was threatened with and by whom.