Yes! And this is undoubtedly due to the Repub Gov. of WV's statement.

[MoonRiver]

Manchin will support Democrats' reconciliation bill, allowing COVID relief to move forward without GOP


https://news.yahoo.com/manchin-support-democrats-reconciliation-bill-183600667.html

[Wounded Bear]

1. Yeah, good news, but too bad it takes a Repub Governor to push him to the right side of this...nt

[MoonRiver]

5. Ain't that the truth!

[Wounded Bear]

6. What the hell, though. I'll take it...nt

[MoonRiver]

20. Absolutely!

[Indykatie]

8. I Believe Manchin Asked the Gov to Come Out and Give Him Cover to Support Biden's Big Bill

Otherwise there is NO way a Gov in a deep red state would come out with such energetic support for Biden's bill even though WV desperately needs every penny they can get from the government.

[Wounded Bear]

9. You may be right. 'Bout time some sane Repubs surfaced to help out for a change...nt

[spooky3]

18. Makes sense. I know many here are disappointed in Manchin but

His voting record is far more often with Dems than with Reps, and given the nature of West Virginia, I’m amazed that he continues to get their votes. He has to do some fancy dancing.

This is a win for Dems.

[msfiddlestix]

2. Yesterday, I kinda wanted to send a msg to Manchin to more attention to people in his state

when it comes to relief then his ambitions to look like he's politically conservative. And to remind him that the filibuster is a jim crow rule, and does he want to continue to be associated with this anti-democratic game?

But something tells me it would be a complete waste of time.

[Lochloosa]

3. I'll bet it gets more than 50 votes now.

There are repugs that have to run in 2 years.

[Wounded Bear]

7. It might...

[themaguffin]

4. Yeah, Justice's statement was very unambiguous.

[Tom Rinaldo]

10. Maybe, but I think he would have anyway

I don't think he ever actually threatened to block it. He might have played harder to get without that local pressure, which might have meant holding out for some concessions. But Manchin has always been far more supportive of a significant Covid relief package than any of the Repubs were.

[bearsfootball516]

12. It still doesn't make any sense to me.

West Virginia is suffering tremendously. How are you supposed to go back to your constituents and say "I fought...to get you LESS!" and expect to win re-election?

[Tom Rinaldo]

15. The only possible objection I remember that he had involved means testing

for stimulus checks. He had no problem approving them for hard up families, but wanted them targeted so that those who needed them most got them.

[spooky3]

19. And I agree with that. The spending ultimately will need to be paid for

And I would rather not see people who haven’t lost any of their high incomes during this mess receive payments.

[qazplm135]

17. well that's not what he'll say

he will point to things like the higher cap on earnings for benefits and say I fought to cut that down so that YOU would get it but not people who don't need it, etc etc.

He is a clear target now. The Dem Senator in one of the most republican states in the country. He's trying to burnish his centrist credentials now to weather that storm. I'm not defending him, just understanding him.

Ultimately, he was always going to be on-board with the majority of it, but he apparently feels he needs to make a show that he's not just going along with everything.

[qazplm135]

22. not that many

vast majority are still quite fine with Trump.

[qazplm135]

24. you overestimate them

I think Trump's here to stay on their side, and they will ultimately not be able to get rid of him.

[qazplm135]

26. its been four years

and two months, and nothing has shaken 90 percent of them yet.

[bearsfootball516]

11. I don't understand why Manchin was opposed to it in the first place.

It's an overwhelmingly popular bill amongst both Democrats and Republicans. The only people who don't approve are a handful of people on the far right.

Voting NOT to advance it probably would have hurt him in 2024 more than voting for the 19T package will.

[Cha]

13. TY.. what did the Gov of WV have

to say? Thanks!

[bearsfootball516]

14. He said that he supports Biden's 1.9T plan over the Republicans plan

https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/health/bucking-party-politics-justice-endorses-bidens-1-9-trillion-pandemic-stimulus-plan/article_9a0d9f09-9ba7-549d-b7a3-59aa40228570.html

“I don’t think that America can go wrong being too high,” Justice said during Monday’s West Virginia COVID-19 briefing. “I think, today, America’s got to go to the higher number.”


“Trying to be, per se, fiscally responsible at this point in time with what we’ve got going on in this country, if we actually throw away some money right now, so what?” the governor told CNN’s Poppy Harlow.

[Cha]

16. TY, bears! Amazing!