Breitbart: West Virginia Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin III praised President Donald Trump’s reversal Tuesday of President Barack Obama’s “Clean Power Plan,” which created a regulatory regime that targeted the coal mining industry and coal-fired energy plants.
“Since I was governor, I have fought against unnecessary bureaucratic regulations that harm our way of life with no regard for the catastrophic economic impacts they have on West Virginians,” said the only Democrat to stand and applaud during the president’s joint address to Congress.
“We need to strike a balance between the environment and the economy. The Clean Power Plan never achieved that balance. Rolling back this regulation is a positive step towards preventing further job loss, increases to consumer energy bills, and more damage to our economy,” he said.
“We must stop ignoring the damage these regulations caused our energy sector, our economy and our way of life in West Virginia,” the senator said. more here
He must be up for reelection in 2018.
This guys jumped the fence so many times he has no hair on his balls. Having said that I’ll welcome him to our side. One more vote.
What is taking him so long?! Other than greed and personal enrichment what the hell makes today’s politicians tick? That is part what makes Trump so appealing to me, he is leaving hundreds of millions of dollars on the table to do what he believes is right. I really believe that.
Not only that, but his entire family is at risk now when they were not before this.
He is up for reelection in a now Blue state.
biggest whore in congress … buy him & make him your bitch, Donald
Yep, we need the red Demorat votes to counteract
the shit rinos.
I don’t trust Manchin. I can’t put my finger on it but my spidey senses tell me he is an undercover shitpickle.
Having a big ‘ol [D] next to his name doesn’t help things, but than again, how many Republicans are just as disgusting as most liberal Democrats these days? Most of them.
Just because one Democrat gots some smarts, don’t mean they all can get some smarts.