Posted on 12/19/2021 12:12:11 PM PST by marcusmaximus
The White House accused Joe Manchin on Sunday for breaking his word after the Democrat publicly said he is a 'no' on President Joe Biden's Build Back Better initiative following months of negotiations over the social spending legislation.
'Senator Manchin promised to continue conversations in the days ahead, and to work with us to reach that common ground,' White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement on his latest comments.
'If his comments on Fox and written statement indicate an end to that effort, they represent a sudden and inexplicable reversal in his position,' she added, 'and a breach of his commitments to the President and the Senator's colleagues in the House and Senate.'
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Less than 30 minutes before Manchin killed BBB, one of his aides was told to give the White House and congressional leadership a heads up, according to Politico.
At the time, Manchin was preparing to go live for an interview with Fox News' Bret Baier, who was hosting his first Fox News Sunday episode after Chris Wallace announced his departure last Sunday.
The mood at the White House following news from Manchin's office was described by Politico as 'panic and disbelief'.
'We tried to head him off,' a senior White House official said, claiming Manchin 'refused to take a call from White House staff' before the interview.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
PUT SOME ICE ON IT ...
Refusing to take a call from Biden is the easiest decision Manchin will ever have to make in his life.
“…a breach of his commitments to the President and the Senator’s colleagues in the House and Senate.’…”
Hmmm…I guess the Senator knows that his commitment is not to Biden or to his own colleagues, but to the citizens of West Virginia and to the U.S.
Tough dookie for Psaki and Co.
re: “And who in the hell is this “White House” these enemedia scum continually refer to in statements and actions?”
The olde man who yells at clouds?
Embrace the suck, Jen. Embrace the suck.
He peed in their punchbowl. Biden was talking out his ass — and had nothing to say about the contents of the bill anyway — so it was Biden who in effect didn’t keep his word, and Manchin had had enough of Biden’s ********. Psaki’s just a professional liar.
e.g.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4022654/posts
[snip] The BBB would allow trial lawyers everywhere in the country to deduct their contingency-fee expenses whether they lose or win... With this subsidy, trial attorneys will launch frivolous actions more than ever before, especially against smaller businesses lacking the resources to defend themselves who would therefore have a strong incentive to cry uncle and settle. [/snip]
https://freerepublic.com/tag/buildbackbankrupt/index
“I’m still betting on a Manchin cave sometime early ‘22.”
I think the Dems will meet his terms (which is eliminating 50 to 75 of the crap in the bill), just to get something. To us, it will look like a cave, and the Dems will claim such...but it will simply be what Manchin’s been holding out for the entire time. Because, unlike the RINOs, Manchin never opposed this bill outright - he only opposed the size of the bill.
Red heads have always been my weakness
But thus one, not so much
Jan ‘23 is a LONG way away.
Me thinks they doth protest too much. I would no be surprised if this is all Kabuki theatre and they are acting for thee benefit of their base.
And I still won’t be surprised when Slow Joe and Manchin are standing hand in hand in the Rose Garden amounting a last minute deal to secure Manchin’s vote.
Joe gets his multi trillion $$$ bill passed and West Virginia gets to restart coal mining operations (or something like that).
Beauty is skin deep, but ugly is to the bone.
same.
First girl I fell in love with in High School, red head ballerina.
Later married a red head.
My wife and I ran into my high school sweetheart and her mom shopping years ago.
Same height, same hair length. A little awkward.
I’m sure her and her mom had a good laugh afterwards.
The DC establishment’s unspoken response to Sen Manchin: he must be made an example of before more democrats decide to abandon the US Government’s deep state communist reset agenda. Hope Senator Manchin has some really good bodyguards!!
ugly inside and out
QUIT writing these MULTI part bills.
ONE BILL==ONE topic.
PERIOD.
“The White House accused Joe Manchin...”
The White House is a freaking building. Last I checked, buildings don’t make calls! Someone needs to work harder to identify who in the White House has their hand up Joe’s butt and is moving his mouth.
Sounds about right.
I thought she was leaving at the end of the year.
Like Brandon telling us there would never be a vaccination mandate. Jan and Brandon can sure dish it out...
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