He’s a fucking tool; I don’t expect she’ll care much. Also: what an absolutely fucking idiotic hill for him to die on.
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Oh wow, the republican infiltrator isnt supporting the democrats.
I'm sooooooooo surprised.
Who cares about this dinosaur, like anyone is surprised?
He's going to try and run for governor in West Virginia, then run for President in 2028, without a doubt.
Then shouldn't he back Harris so that there are still elections in 2028?
Forced Birther coal baron Joe Manchin is upset at Harris for threatening his cash cow fillibuster. News at 11
Does this make Manchin a Tankie?
That is an endorsement in of itself.
he is a DINO
Not even. He officially left the Dems and registered as independent earlier this year.
Then re-registered as a Dem when Biden was about to drop out. Then re-re-registered as an Indie when he realized he wasn't going to get handed to nomination over Harris.
I for one am very happy to rid the party of these scumbags: Manchin, Gabbard, Sinema.
Depressingly, also Fetterman.
Fetterman is bad on Israel-Palestine but I thought he was otherwise ok re: democracy, women's rights, etc? Am I wrong? He's not my rep so I'm actually asking.
He always struck me as a guy who is who he is. He would fail any ideology test because he goes by his gut rather than any ideological compass. I think he felt his supporters were being a bit mercurial for opposing him so vehemently on Israel. Not really an excuse, but I think he just lost his shit and lost his way. So probably a decent guy but he has to do a lot of work to repair that bridge and I have no idea if he's up to it.
But I could be wrong.
Gabbard and Sinema are people that can be replaced with other democrats, but let’s not fool ourselves into thinking a more progressive person would likely get elected for Manchin’s West Virginia seat.
Manchin may suck, but he caucuses with the dems and puts the dems 2 seats over the majority line. Which means his existence currently allows the Chuck Schumer to replace Mitch McConnell, which means the dems control what comes to the floor in the senate.
They just can't pass anything. But yeah, it is still better than what the other side would bring to the floor.
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More like a Dixiecrat. Old school southern Democrat.
Honestly, I’ll take it.
Dude could be a Home Depot Halloween skeleton for all I care. He caucuses with the Dems, which means that he helps push the Dems over 50% in the senate, which means the Dems control political appointments and what get brought to the floor.
I’ll take him over Mitch McConnell back in power.
An independent now. Not even a DINO.
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Can someone kick this guy in the nuts? I don't really care about this news, I just think that should happen to him, every day.
The fact that Biden called for this exact same thing and Manchin was ok endorsing him but has to make a big scene when a non-white woman calls for doing the same thing basically tells you everything you need to know about Manchin
This pearl clutching very much reads to me like he was looking for an excuse and this was the first one that turned up.
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Republicans can endorse Harris all day long and I'm here for it.
Manchin endorsing Harris would have actually done her a disservice.
Why not just make the filibuster what it used to be and require the people who want to wield it to hold the floor for hours upon hours with no break? Some of it was silly. Some of it heroic. Either way, it required someone to truly be willing to stand behind their beliefs and, thus, was used much less often.
I also liked the idea of a minority vote (2/5) to sustain a filibuster. If you don't have 40 supporters, on the floor, then the filibuster ends.
it required someone to truly be willing to stand behind their beliefs
Conservatives don't typically have these, and the ones that do know how unpopular they are. That's why they fight against any attempt to reign it in.
This seems like such a fair way to add some discomfort to filibustering and making it a bit less appealing.
Oh no! Anyways…
Manchin was not going to endorse her anyway.
It's 42 days to the election, people are voting, if he was going to endorse her it would have been at the convention.
True
I'd seen the quote, but not the withholding of endorsement. Well, I guess he's going to join the 'both sides bad' crowd.
Still. What does his opinion matter? He's leaving the Senate next year so his proper alt-Right replacement can take over...
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"It’s the only thing that keeps us talking ~~and~~ instead of working together."
Manchin LOL. What a piece of work.
@realcaseyrollins he's gunna endorse trump and could end up sec of energy
Oh boy...that would be something...
Manchin not endorsing IS an endorsement. Harris should run commercials.
fuck that guy... fuck him with a retractable baton
Holy Grail? An item given no special meaning in the Bible, and was blown out of proportion in importance by fiction writers a thousand years later? I guess Manchin doesn't really think the filibuster is too important then.
No special meaning and not in the Constitution.
Fuck Joe "This is the best we can hope for" Manchin.
And fuck the system that makes him the best we can hope for.
West Virginia used to be cool.
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