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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., declared Sunday he will oppose his party’s legislation to federalize how elections are conducted, dealing a severe blow to Democratic passage in the evenly divided Senate.
The For The People Act would among other things ban voter ID requirements, mandate mail-in voting options and begin registering voters at age 16. It has faced uniform Republican opposition.
In an op-ed published in the Charleston Gazette-Mail, Manchin declared the bill as too partisan and divisive. MORE HERE
There are still a few elephants that might try to save this for the donkeys.
Good. I hope he still loses to a conservative when he runs again.
Manchin > Romney + Murkowski + Collins
Manchin has done some pretty shady shit. But I need to give him credit here for standing his ground.
^^^ what Brad said
Not to hijack the thread, but to hijack the thread… I see a ton of “Manchin flips” articles (which do not have a high accuracy rate) and NONE of the same in regard to Sinema. She’s not a reliable vote for the Dems in any way and is essentially their version of a typical RINO. I’ll never forget the SOTU address where she wore a different outfit when all the Dem women wore white, standing to clap when they remained seated. Nothing anyone would expect from a Code Pink, LMNOPQ-, kill-the-babies and save-the-owls type. She’s from McStain’s state, only she’s an actual Maverick. I think it’s telling in itself how no one anywhere wants to talk about her, including right wing media.
This is not to say I’m a cheerleader for her in any regard. Yet I bet there’s a story there if someone were brave enough to look into it.
Don’t worry, that snake don’t bite! Trust him!
Ah, still months away from the lame duck Dec 2022 session where Manchin can insure his legacy by racking in a huge payoff and state he’s retiring after 2024.
Lots of time, lots of fraud, lots of ….
Perhaps it will go down in flames for the time being. But, not to worry, the Democrats know how to play the long game. Down the road, you can be sure that they will try again.