Posted on 01/29/2022 10:01:59 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Democrats have tried everything they can think of to try to pressure Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) to go along with them, to do away with the filibuster and vote for Joe Biden’s Build Back Better bill. But Manchin stood firm, along with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and the effort went down to crushing defeat.
If you listen to Democrats, they want people to think that Americans are on their side on the issue, and they think — somehow — they can do Manchin in with his constituents.
But the bottom line is the truth of how Joe Manchin was greeted back in West Virginia.
What it says is where most of America is at — and that’s not with the progressives to do away with the rules and impose huge, obnoxious spending packages.
Now, it’s hard to hear exactly what Manchin is saying, but the point is how he’s cheered at the end.
Great to be back in @wvhouse and @wvsenate today. I had the chance to talk with so many West Virginians in our Capitol and hear their common sense thoughts and ideas on how we can make our state and country work better. pic.twitter.com/pYKWeoaLsZ
— Senator Joe Manchin (@Sen_JoeManchin) January 25, 2022
As our friends at Hot Air note, 72 percent of West Virginians support Manchin blocking the Build Back Better bill. It’s a red state, and Republicans control both the House and the Senate, so they’re definitely supportive of what Manchin has done. He might be the only Democrat who could win that office in that state. So, Democrats have the choice between Manchin or a Republican because that’s the reality.
Now, you recently had some on the left, like Bette Midler, who tried to put down West Virginians as “poor, illiterate and strung out.” Gov. Jim Justice had a no-holds-barred hilarious response to her comment.
There’s a greater point that Democrats haven’t been getting regarding their mania about Manchin and Sinema, and Democratic operative James Carville laid it out more honestly and accurately than Midler.
Look, I’m a liberal Democrat. Always have been. But some of these people bitching about Manchin can’t see political reality straight. Six percent of adults in this country identify as “progressive.” Only 11 or 12 percent of Democrats identify as progressive. So let’s just meet in the middle and say something like 7 or 8 percent of the country agrees with the progressive left. This ain’t a goddamn debate anymore. Someone like Manchin is closer to the mainstream than a lot of these people think and pretending like he isn’t won’t help the cause.
Sinema might not have quite the same reaction because Arizona is not as deep-red as West Virginia. But Carville’s a smart guy, and even he gets it. Manchin and Sinema are with the rest of the country; it’s Joe Biden who isn’t. That’s another reason his numbers are in the basement. He’s been governing from the left. Build Back Better was a leftist dream. Manchin and Sinema gave him every chance to bring it back more to the center and Biden wouldn’t do it. That’s why it’s dead.
Americans don’t want never-ending, leftist boondoggles. They don’t want norms ripped apart, and they’ve come to see the guy who was sold as a moderate — Joe Biden — is anything but.
Arizona would be fine if the GOP-e would quit letting Democrats steal all the elections. We still walk around with holsters here.
Let’s stop thinking manchin is some protector of freedom just because he refused to vote for two leftist democrat bills.
He is still a leftist democrat who demands the use of government to hurt people. He needs to be voted out.
Build Back Better was a leftist dream of never-ending, leftist boondoggles.
In offshore banking circles, BBB is known as The Biden Crime Family Billionaire Enabling Bill.
Q. Why are there no Biden family visits to the WH? What are the Bidens hiding?
Q. Why did Joe Biden make 43 secret visits to Delaware while writing the bill BEFORE the BBB tax gouge was brought to the people?
Q. Did the crime family earmark it’s eternal income billions and put the money laundering machines in place?
Civiqs, the only reliable survey available, has Biden’s approval/disapproval numbers in West Virginia 17/78.
The rodents know all about Civiqs so that is why we don’t see it cited in MsM reports.
The internals for 18 - 34 year old West Virginia voters are ghastly for Brandon and the Democrat/communists meaning there is absolutely no future for them in West Virginia.
Here are some of the more significant numbers:
Overall 11/81 males 8/87 females 14/75 Democrats 46/29 Blacks 28/49
https://civiqs.com/results/approve_president_biden?annotations=true&uncertainty=true&zoomIn=true
We will see when he votes for Biden’s communist Supreme Court pick
Thing about Manchin and Sinema is they give democrats leadership of the senate. That’s a major reason why they need to be voted out.
Bush League Republicans were actively involved in handing the election to Senile Joe in AZ, GA, PA, WI, MI.
Don’t be fooled. Mancin is a crook.
The traditional Democrat senator way is to be a crook, but still look out for your constituents to some degree.
The open total war against the people is a relatively new policy.
deja vu
April 2010 "The socially conservative, anti-abortion rights Democrat gained national attention last month by helping deliver the remaining votes House Democrats needed to pass health care legislation. Stupak cut a deal with the White House that he says ensures no taxpayer money will be used to fund abortions. President Obama signed the bill into law last month." CNN
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