"House Democrats plan to double-cross Joe Manchin on energy deal".
House Democrats are warning Sen. Joe Manchin III that they won’t honor the deal he made with party leaders to secure his vote on President Biden’s massive spending and tax law.
They plan to break the promises Mr. Biden and Congress’ Democratic leaders made to Mr. Manchin, a conservative West Virginia Democrat, to cut bureaucratic red tape to speed up the permitting process for energy projects of all forms. That promise secured the crucial support from Mr. Manchin needed to pass a $773 billion law for climate change, health care and tax hikes.
Is Joe Manchin a moron for believing in the promises of his fellow Democrats? Or is this just political theater: i.e., did Manchin know the promises were worthless, but figured he could do his party a favor by supporting this odious bill (thus getting Schumer and the whole donk Senate off his back), and then return to his constituents and argue that he had been "betrayed"? He's either a fool or a liar; which one plays better with voters, I wonder, because it's definitely one or the other.
Democrats plan a double-cross!?! They plan to break their promises!?! Oh no! Say it ain't so! It must be fake news.
ReplyDeleteI can't wrap my head around it either, Deborah. It's like the sun not coming up in the morning.
ReplyDeleteI don't think any of it matters to Manchin anymore. He'll be out in the next election, and I think he'd been making noises about retiring anyway. He'll have left a big steaming pile for the next WV Democrat who wants to take his job, though.
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised he isn't a Republican, he has Failure Theater down.
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