Posted on 12/11/2024 9:31:19 PM PST by george76
Senator Joe Manchin just walked onto the Senate floor as the deciding vote to DENY Democrats' left-wing selection for the National Labor Relations Board, Lauren McFerran.
This now means Republicans could gain a majority on the NLRB when Trump takes office.
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The GOP can now confirm two nominees to the board. If this happens, Republicans will have a one-seat majority
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This was made possible by JD Vance RUSHING to D.C. all the way from Mar-a-Lago today to vote against Lauren McFerran ..
He got on a plane to Washington specifically to be in the Senate for this vote."
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Joe Manchin has been more helpful to Republicans than some of our own senators.
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She would have made it impossible to be a miner in WV. The amount of labor regs to operate a mine there or annywhere to get govt funding and/or grants would have been ridiculous.
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Give Manchin and Sinema credit for this…sticking to their own principles, without them both, Biden would have been able to enact more legislation that whole have been detrimental to this country.
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Why is Joe Manchin more of a Republican Senator than Murkowski?
Winning!
Yes indeed. Manchin did the right thing.
“Why is Joe Manchin more of a Republican Senator than Murkowski?”
Murkowski is a women.
>> Give Manchin and Sinema credit for this
definitely
Maybe Manchin knows a coal miner or two. West Virginia has a few of them around. Good for him not forgetting his old constituents.
“This was made possible by JD Vance RUSHING to D.C. all the way from Mar-a-Lago today to vote against Lauren McFerran ..
He got on a plane to Washington specifically to be in the Senate for this vote.”
That’s the kinda hustle he is going to give us.
Conversely, JD caught a bunch of crap from here for missing an earlier vote similar to this where they didn’t have the numbers. Frankly, I believe his, Trump’s, and their people’s assessment over that of a few random FReepers who were being really derogatory about JD over his not flying to DC for what would have been wasted time.
Please refresh my memory—did Manchin have presidential aspirations at one time?
Perhaps hillary or biden stole his fair chance to be the southern red state blue dog dem prez.
This could have been his middle finger out the door to the dems for destroying the party and the brand
Pence would have abstained and claimed moral prerogative.
I seem to recall something like that too.
I don't know about more helpful. I mean, his vote here only mattered because every single Republican, including all the moderates/RINO's, already had voted against the nomination. Manchin just waited for the drama.
It'd be better if all Republicans were conservatives, but they're not. This is the kind of vote that reminds us why having a RINO in Congress is still better than having a Democrat, because Manchin still votes with the Dems more than does any Republican. He was the critical swing vote on some issues we lost early in the Biden presidency.
Turtle is most likely p1ssed. Wonderful. For this, and for the country.
Murkowski is a snake... Consider the company she keeps, it tells you all you need to know.
Ambassadorship.
BTTT
Outstanding!😎
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“Turtle is most likely p1ssed. Wonderful. For this, and for the country.”
You’re so desperate to blame a Republican you’re just making stuff up.
Turtle voted against the nominee, just like every other Republican that was present.
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