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Manchin should abandon the Democrats: Sen. Mike Lee
Fox News ^ | 10-25-2021 | jarheadtom

Posted on 10/25/2021 9:06:41 AM PDT by jarheadtom

Republican Sen. Mike Lee said he ‘absolutely’ thinks Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin should switch parties on ‘Sunday Night in America’

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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: Utah; US: West Virginia
KEYWORDS: arizona; assistantdemocrats; deepstate; joemanchin; krystensinema; mikelee; rinos; uniparty; utah; westvirginia
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To: AnotherUnixGeek
Right now Manchin is the most powerful man in the Senate, in Congress

None of that will change when/if he leaves the Dems.

21 posted on 10/25/2021 9:35:49 AM PDT by SmokingJoe ( )
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To: David
If Manchin runs for reelection as a dem, he doesn't have much chance at getting reelected against an R...

Manchin has been wining elections as a Democrat in a Red state since 2004.

...on the other hand if he flips to R, he beats anything the Dems have on the bench.

If he switches to R then he won't survive the primary challenges in 2024.

22 posted on 10/25/2021 9:36:55 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

And he will win even more comfortably if he quits the Dem Party.


23 posted on 10/25/2021 9:37:20 AM PDT by SmokingJoe ( )
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To: DoodleDawg
If he switches to R then he won't survive the primary challenges in 2024.

And why not?

24 posted on 10/25/2021 9:39:10 AM PDT by SmokingJoe ( )
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To: SmokingJoe
And he will win even more comfortably if he quits the Dem Party.

He won't survive the first primary.

25 posted on 10/25/2021 9:39:37 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: All

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Mike Lee is a fool

Like asking Nancy to join the poor.

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26 posted on 10/25/2021 9:41:51 AM PDT by AnthonySoprano (‘’)
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To: TexasGator

“Invites to White House”?
Invites to Dementia Joe’ basement in Delaware more like (which is what just happened last weekend).
Plus who wants to go to a Dementia Joe White House anyways?


27 posted on 10/25/2021 9:42:18 AM PDT by SmokingJoe ( )
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To: SmokingJoe
And why not?

Because primaries are base elections. The base of the Republican party is far more conservative than Manchin ever will be. A more conservative candidate will mop the floor with Manchin.

28 posted on 10/25/2021 9:42:23 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: AnthonySoprano

Mike Lee is one of the smartest people in the US Senate.
He’s proved that over and over again.


29 posted on 10/25/2021 9:43:53 AM PDT by SmokingJoe ( )
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To: AnthonySoprano
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30 posted on 10/25/2021 9:43:55 AM PDT by AnthonySoprano (‘’)
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To: DoodleDawg
West Virginia voted almost 70% for President Trump. If Manchin crossed the aisle, no way would he be primaried. Plus he'd have President Trumps backing.

31 posted on 10/25/2021 9:44:51 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: DoodleDawg

I’m not so sure. Heavily Republican WV voted for him as a democrat. They love him. I think he’ll survive a GOP primary.


32 posted on 10/25/2021 9:45:33 AM PDT by bwest
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To: DoodleDawg
Manchin is better than a creep like Romney. And Romney won his primary without any problems.
33 posted on 10/25/2021 9:45:35 AM PDT by SmokingJoe ( )
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To: AnthonySoprano

He said the same thing about Romney too.
Plus quite a few others.


34 posted on 10/25/2021 9:47:31 AM PDT by SmokingJoe ( )
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To: Tallguy

Manchin comes up again in 2024 for reelection.


35 posted on 10/25/2021 9:48:34 AM PDT by Theodore R. ( )
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To: DoodleDawg
He knows that if he switches to the Republicans he gets primaried out in 2024.

Why do you think that?

Manchin was a Democrat governor of a red state. When he ran for the Senate, the story was that he was a popular governor, so he had a lot of political capital to be the West Virginia Senator.

The state stayed red. If Manchin stays blue, it will be harder and harder for him to get reelected. If he says that his sentiments have changed with his state, and he's going to switch to Republican, he'd be aligned with West Virginia voters. Then he can play the seniority card and argue that West Virginia would have more influence with him over a rookie Senator.

Finally, Manchin would have to decide for himself whether he'd rather be a blocker to a far-left extremist agenda within his own party, or a shaper of an agenda in a majority party. I'd have to think that the former is wearying on his soul, being a pariah in his own party. If he joins the Republicans in making law instead of blocking law, he'd be in a healthier place personally, and a more rewarding place for his state.

-PJ

36 posted on 10/25/2021 9:49:56 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: DoodleDawg

Of course he will.
He easily won reelection as a Democrat in a heavily Republican state.


37 posted on 10/25/2021 9:50:20 AM PDT by SmokingJoe ( )
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To: jarheadtom

Manchin is holding out for more goodies, that’s all.


38 posted on 10/25/2021 9:50:52 AM PDT by dljordan (Slouching towards Woketopia)
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To: Ann Archy

Yep we don’t need to add to the ranks of RINOs and dem assistants.


39 posted on 10/25/2021 9:54:24 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportiongte tfo mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
If Manchin crossed the aisle, no way would he be primaried.

You don't think a solid conservative senator would be better than a Democrat turncoat?

Plus he'd have President Trumps backing.

I know Trump has picked some losers in the past but I don't see him backing a non-conservative.

40 posted on 10/25/2021 9:55:34 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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