Posted on 11/03/2021 9:38:44 AM PDT by karpov
Centrist Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who has slowed down negotiations on a massive $1.75 trillion reconciliation package, says the “unbelievable” Republican victories in Virginia’s statewide races Tuesday validate his concerns about inflation and moving the Build Back Better Act too quickly through Congress.
Manchin said that GOP gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin’s victory in a state that President Biden won by 10 points in 2020 also underscores the need for the House to pass the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, which progressives are holding up.
“It’s unbelievable to see what went on in Virginia and not just from the governor’s race but all the way down that ticket a good bit of change has happened,” Manchin said, expressing astonishment over Republican victories in the races for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general.
He cautioned that his Democratic colleagues need to take Tuesday’s election results as a warning and proceed more carefully with the reconciliation package that Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Speaker Pelosi (D-Calif.) are racing to pass as soon as possible.
“You can read so much into all of that last night. I think it should be a call to all of us have to be more attentive to the people back home,” said Manchin, who also noted the governor’s race in New Jersey, a solidly Democratic state, was still too close to call as of early Wednesday.
“I’ve been saying this for many, many months, people have concerns, people are concerned,” he said, repeating his concerns about federal spending boosting inflation and hurting constituents back home in West Virginia and other rural areas.
“And for us to go down a path that we’ve been going and trying to accelerate it and it has been slowed down – I think we need to take our time
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Ping.
Hardly. More like far left vs. ultra far left.
He’s got his soundbite mandate as a moderate Democrat.
I’m just glad that we can start talking about leftist extremists straight faced in the news now.
People need a huge clue that Democrat extremists aren’t accepted by the American people.
No Bolshevism is accepted here.
Manchin is still one of the guys stopping Biden’s legislative WMD. We have to appreciate that.
V for Virginia!
V for Vindication!
If it hadn’t been for Manchin, the $5 TRILLION in spending would have passed.
Try again Muchkin. Kill both the fake infrastructure bill and bbb. Both are not only wasteful, but there is precious little that good they will actually do, and, they will add to inflation and the national debt.
This was a wakeup call to Manchin.
There is zero chance now that he will back the Liberal agenda.
THANK GOD!!
STFU Manchin. Whore. Hate that fking guy. WV needs to get rid of it.
His party doesn’t care what he thinks.
He’s a whore who just wants a payday. After the blood bath, he’ll play his part.
WV needs to get rid of this trash. Trump won the state by 40 points. How is this garbage still there?
Manchin needs to jawbone the “Infrastructure” Bill down to ~$200 Bil.
Freedom is contagious.
but he still wants to pass the “bipartisan’ 1 trillion dollar spending package. “Bipartisan” means Pork+Pork=Pork.
I suspect this means most of Biden’a agenda is dead for now.
I thought it was MAGA? Success has a thousand fathers.
Who cares honestly who the freak cares? If he’s stopping it I don’t care why he’s stopping it I don’t care what he thinks before he goes to sleep at night I don’t care what he says to his caucus. He’s stopping it.
...says the “unbelievable” Republican victories in Virginia’s statewide races Tuesday validate his concerns about inflation and moving the Build Back Better Act too quickly through Congress... Youngkin’s victory in a state that President Biden won by 10 points in 2020 also underscores the need for the House to pass the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, which progressives are holding up.
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