As much disdain as we may have for Manchin, he is the only reason they didn’t do it a year ago. The rats had their commission seated and had the Judges picked but Manchin stopped it by saving the filibuster. DC and PR would be states also. I fear he just bought us a few years.
Joe Manchin of West Virginia, and Kyrstin Sinema of Arizona. They were the two Democrats who held the line and saved the Republic... at least for a time.