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The Velveteen Ocelot
(130,526 posts)1. The Dems need him for a head count.
And he voted that way because he has to satisfy the MAGAts whose votes he needs to keep his job. It's West Virginia.
LandOfHopeAndDreams
(872 posts)2. MAGAts Are NEVER Going To Vote For Him
He just lost support of Women Democrats.
scheming daemons
(25,487 posts)3. There aren't any of those in WV.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(130,526 posts)5. They have voted for him, that's why he's a senator.
He's conservative enough to get a fair number of right-wingers to keep voting for him. WVa doesn't have a lot of liberals - not enough to support a "normal" Democrat.
qazplm135
(7,654 posts)4. I doubt it
it's not like there are a ton of progressives in WV.
idcdu
(170 posts)6. I'm refusing to donate a red cent to him
Let him get the money from Flake and Collins and the rest of his Republican buddies. I wish he would just change his party right now, and get it done.
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