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Manchin Dares Democrats to Push Him Out of Party
National Review ^ | 12/20/2021 | Brittany Bernstein

Posted on 12/20/2021 5:48:05 PM PST by simpson96

Senator Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.) on Monday dared Democrats to push him out of the party if they are unhappy with his views, one day after he announced he will not support President Biden’s “Build Back Better” agenda, effectively killing the bill.

Asked on Hoppy Kercheval’s West Virginia radio show if he believes there is still a place for him in the Democratic party, Manchin replied: “I would like to hope that Democrats feel like I do. I’m fiscally responsible and socially compassionate.”

“Now if there are no Democrats like that, they ought to push me where they want me,” he added.

During the interview, Manchin said he had gotten “to the wit’s end” with the negotiation efforts, saying the White House knows “the real reason” things fell apart.

White House staff “drove some things and they put some things out that were absolutely inexcusable. They know what it is,” he said.

“The bottom line [is] I knew that we could not change, it was never going to change,” Manchin added.

He reiterated that he warned Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer months ago that there needed to be means-testing and work requirements for the child tax credit and that the bill was “very far-reaching.”

“We have been way far apart philosophically,” he added.

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Joe has compassion for whatever fattens his wallet or gets him votes. I appreciate when he McCains the Dems in the back, but he's still a slimy weasel. Just look how he wobbled on impeachment until his vote didn't matter. Or stuff like this:

He's might be better than Murkowski and maybe Romney but it's close.

41 posted on 12/20/2021 9:14:45 PM PST by ETCM
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"I didn’t say he wan’t a POS, but the turtle is letting the Dems pass things with 50 votes and it has to stop, now."

Good luck getting that lot of so-called Republicans to stop it. The majority of them in the Senate voted to accept Biden as President, along with unlimited voter fraud, so don't expect anything courageous from that bunch of gutless wonders.

42 posted on 12/21/2021 10:44:11 AM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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