Pathetic.
Joe Manchin, the *Democratic* US Senator from West Virginia, has been the bane of his party’s agenda even though he is from one of the poorest states in the union, one that would benefit from president Biden’s build back better agenda.
Joe Manchin opposed the president’s agenda at every turn, including his attempts to seriously attack global warming.
Understandably Joe Manchin comes from a state that relies heavily on coal; notwithstanding, Joe Manchin is the largest recipient of fossil fuel money in Congress.
Despite being elected to do the business of the American people, Joe Manchin and the state of West Virginia have held Biden’s agenda hostage as he and Arizona Democratic US Senator Kyrsten Sinema hog the national stage for their own agendas.
No one elected Manchin or Sinema president of the United States. Still, the people who did are forced to watch helplessly as two wolves in sheep’s clothing thwart the will of tens of millions of Americans who voted to elect a Democratic majority.
Biden’s 1.7 Trillion-build-back better plan was scrapped by Manchin, who took full advantage of the Senate’s 50 – 50 split to flex his muscle.
The surprising Compromise reached between Manchin and Senate Majority leader Charles Schumer is an exponentially scaled-back version of the initial bill proposed by the president.
The 700 billion dollar deal agreed to represents less than half of what Biden proposed, and even so, the Democrats are extremely wary that this is not guaranteed to reach Biden’s desk for his signature.
Democrats are still forced to walk a tightrope of anticipation as Kirsten Sinnema has been playing coy and dodging reporter’s questions about whether she intends to support her party and the American people with a yes vote.
The anger from Republicans toward Joe Manchin is laughable, except that this is no laughing matter. The deal represents significant advances in the fight to stop climate change and lower the price of prescription drugs for Americans.
Even as they criticized a Democrat for supporting a Democratic initiative, Republicans were busy fist bumping each other after blocking a bill that would aid Veterans.
“Joe has been taken to the cleaners.”
“They sucked Republican votes up like a Hoover Deluxe and then got their votes [on CHIPS] and then, bam, announced this new tax increase,” said Sen. John Kennedy, Republican of Louisiana, on Fox & Friends on Thursday morning. “We look like a bunch of — well, I’m not going to say what we look like.”
Oh, Oh, wait… I have a few adjectives to describe what you all look like. I’ll say it, I’ll say it.….…
Oh, sheesh, never mind, they say I’m too straightforward and raw.
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