Posted on 12/21/2021 4:23:55 PM PST by Libloather
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., became the latest Democrat to attack Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., in personal terms on Monday, accusing him of not caring about African Americans and other minority groups "as a White man."
The far-left Progressive Caucus member ripped Manchin on CNN over his opposition to Build Back Better, the $1.75 trillion social policy and climate package backed by the Biden White House, saying he was "tremendously frustrated" and "infuriated" with the West Virginia Democrat.
"It went from 3.5 trillion to 1.75 trillion [dollars] because him, his special interests, his donors, and lobbyists were cutting the bill for several months, because they did not want this bill to pass," Bowman said. "Why? Because this bill disproportionately supports people of color. It supports women. It supports children. It supports those who are poor and lifts them out of poverty. Why wouldn’t Manchin want to support that when this would benefit West Virginia tremendously?
"It’s tremendously frustrating for me as a Black man in America because once again, it’s an example of Joe Manchin as a White man showing that he doesn’t care about Black people, he doesn’t care about Latinos, he doesn’t care about immigrants, he doesn’t care about women, and he doesn’t care about the poor. He is a millionaire, and he has the privilege to kick the can down the road and not vote for this bill while the people in my district are suffering."
Bowman went on to suggest Manchin had been bought by lobbyists and that big money in Washington had to go, or else "we don't have a democracy." Left-wing CNN host Laura Coates, filling in for Don Lemon on his nightly program, praised Bowman for his "well-said and articulated" remarks about what is "really at stake here" and what Manchin's true motivations were.
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My gosh - those poor progressives are spilling out emotions all over the place because of Joe Manchin. Such a show! I’ve lost track of all the adjectives used to describe their poor hurt feelings and the people who expressed such sorrow.
They don’t realize that their PEOPLE should have been much better off by now with all the money spent on HELPING THEM but still they’re worse off because of the EVIL WHITE MAN!
“”The Dems have spent trillions over the decades on welfare, people of color, women and children should be all millionaires by now but still in poverty””
You said it better than I did in a later post....
“Rep. Bowman: ‘White man’ Joe Manchin doesn’t care about Black people, immigrants, poor”
Black man Bowman ain’t got no brain.
So how much money do we need to throw at the Democrat party to show we “care”?
Hey, Jamaal, let's see your financial disclosure forms. Whoa! Six million? Ummmm, f****** hypocrite!
WVa has more poor whites and blacks than probably any state in the Republic save Mississippi.
No one cares
Cried wolf too many times, socialist hack
I think the only thing dems are proficient in are
Blaming others
Demonizing anyone considered an opponent
Beating dead horses
They forgot to mention that Manchin crushes soft fuzzy supplies with a rusty steamroller. For giggles.
Don’t they usually do it in about 3 seconds?🤗😀
Oh brother. Not this stuff again. One trick ponies.
Hopefully this infuriates Manchin and steels him. It sure would me.
Looks Like creepy Joe “released the hounds” on Manchin.
They got distracted?
Do you remember that pesky old constitution? You know, the one you swore to uphold when you entered congress. Do you remember that part about EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW?
Well, guess what? I am also unalterably opposed to any law that disproportionately supports people of color. It is unconstitutional.
Why don't you get your racist fundament out of your congressional seat and let a fair person take your place?
Thomas Sowell once said that the closest modern blacks get to picking cotton is pulling the cotton ball out of a medicine bottle.
My stepmother picked cotton as a child and my grandmother worked as a migrant worker during the Depression to feed her family.
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