Does this explain Senator Manchin?

[Popcorn 51]

Link to tweet

[Stinky The Clown]

1. Could be.

[groundloop]

24. Here's more info about the lovely daughter with a $19 MILLION salary

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/08/24/senators-daughter-who-raised-price-of-epipen-got-paid-19-million-salary-perks-in-2015/

[Popcorn 51]

31. From the NY Times -

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/27/business/painted-as-a-villain-mylans-chief-says-shes-no-such-thing.html

[elleng]

2. Might be an 'excuse' in his 'mind.'

Thanks for remembering.

[kimbutgar]

3. Op there it is

Revenge.

[AKwannabe]

4. Certainly plausible

Didn’t know this info.

I am allergic to bees and need an epi as a stand by but can’t afford...

[ancianita]

5. Aahhh there it is -- spite and revenge for his daughter being truthfully called out for her

dishonesty.

Thank you for refreshing our memory; this explains at least some of his motivation for manipulating frustration within this party.

[tiredtoo]

6. Manchin is probably the last remaining Dixiecrat.

We have to put up with him lest he switch parties and really screw us.

[wnylib]

9. Or replace him. Or get more Dem Senators

so his vote won't matter.

[Salviati]

12. The last option is probably the most realistic one.

It should be the one we focus on. Let all of our frustrations with Manchin be funneled into getting more Democrats elected.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

15. DC and Puerto Rico first up.

We should go for North Puerto Rico and South Puerto Rico.

(Take that Dakota and Carolina)

[Bucky]

27. Haha

As a Texan I get to laugh at that one twice as hard

[SleeplessinSoCal]

33. land mass vs population vs politics.

Things we learn as we age...

[wnylib]

50. Texas is too big. Should be

split into liberal and conservative states.

[wnylib]

51. Can't be done until we have emough

Dems in Congress to accept them as states. But definitely a goal to seek.

[Tommymac]

47. Will not be replaced in WVA. It's Manchin or no one on the Dem side.

Just how it is there.

The only viable solution is to elect more centrist or center/left Democratic Senators in other States.

[BradAllison]

16. No one voting for Joe Manchin gives a flying **** about Neera Tanden (n/m)

[Brush Bunny]

7. Totally forgot about that link.

Explains tons.

[MustLoveBeagles]

8. I don't know if that's the reason or not

But it kind of makes you wonder.

[oasis]

10. Manchin's daughter in the middle of "epi-pen price gouging". Oh my!

Joe M. should be doing all he can to make up with those less fortunate.

[Pepsidog]

11. So depressing how we have such a vile and corrupt country.

[live love laugh]

19. Distressing.

[Azathoth]

13. Probably didn't help her nomination nt

[relayerbob]

14. Interesting

[dalton99a]

17. Of course

[turbinetree]

18. Bingo...............you nailed it............

[Bucky]

28. ditto

Bingfuckino

[alittlelark]

20. I am still relying on 15 yr old epipens cuz of him......................................

[Maraya1969]

46. Do you think they still work? Because I have a couple where the color has

changed, (on the side there is a slit for you to see the color) I think it doesn't mean anything and I have kept them in case of an emergency.

I have never needed an epipen. The allergist freaked me out when he insisted I get one and then every so often the nurse would check it and tell me I had to get another one because it was out of date. I personally think that was bullshit. But having one around seems like a good idea since I already have it.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

21. Reading her bio in that article is sickening. One of many reasons we can't have nice things.

Her past behavior doesn't speak well for Senator Manchin's family values unless she just fell afar from the tree.

I would question her privileged influence on his decisions......

[zaj]

22. Occams Razor says Nope! it's about peacocking for swing voters

There will only be a handful of moments right now that Joe and Kyrsten can stand up against show their moderate cred. And Neera is the easiest moment so far.

[Bucky]

25. I don't see Occam's Razor here

How is "peacocking" (I love this phrase, btw) over a future election four years away over a single cabinet position that no one will remember a sleeker, simpler explanation than politically avenging his daughter's reputation?

If anything, this is hitting two birds with one stone.

[calimary]

29. VERY nice way to put that,zaj!

Yep! Exactly.

"...it's about peacocking for swing voters."

"Peacocking"!!! REALLY lends a mental picture to it. You can just visualize it - and it's EXACTLY what these jerks are doing. I LOVE it!

[turbinetree]

30. I wonder if and when he will have cartoon on it

[JonLP24]

35. What is odd about Manchin objecting to Neera Tanden

Is if there is one thing progressives, Manchin, and Republicans agree on it is no to Neera Tanden.

I would oppose Tanden for different reasons such as this.

Link to tweet

From what I understand Sanders had long conversations with Tanden so she probably addressed many of his concerns including in the confirmation hearing.

I do find it odd Manchin voted for Kavanaugh, Barr, and Jeff Sessions but doesn't want Tanden.

Progressives call out Joe Manchin for “double standard”: He backed “openly racist” Jeff Sessions

House Democrats grew increasingly frustrated with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., this week as he began to emerge as a key roadblock to some of President Joe Biden's Cabinet appointments and stimulus negotiations.

The centrist Democrat has wielded a disproportionate amount of power in the evenly divided Senate during Biden's early days in office, siding with Republicans in certain confirmation battles and legislative issues. Manchin's spokesman told NBC News on Monday that he is undecided on whether to back the confirmation of Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., who would become the first Native American to head the Interior Department. Manchin, who chairs the Senate Energy Committee, previously told E&E News that Haaland "has a little bid different agenda than us" and pushed back on her plan to enact Biden's proposed ban on fracking on public lands.

The latest comments drew a rebuke from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who noted that Manchin was the only Democrat to support Donald Trump's original attorney general, Jeff Sessions.

"Jeff Sessions was so openly racist that even Reagan couldn't appoint him," she tweeted. "Manchin voted to confirm him. Sessions then targeted immigrant children for wide-scale human rights abuses w/ family separation. Yet the 1st Native woman to be Cabinet Sec is where Manchin finds unease?"

https://www.salon.com/2021/02/23/progressives-call-out-joe-manchins-double-standard-he-backed-openly-racist-jeff-sessions/

[Turin_C3PO]

45. I don't agree that progressives don't want her.

Some for sure, but most progressives are fine with her. Take a poll on this site and you’ll see.

[LiberalFighter]

23. Maybe if this was publicized more right now he would want to...

avoid it coming up again later?

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

26. They're all so gross. Grifting ass family. Fuck 'em. And feel free to delete this. Lots

and lots of people would've been badly hurt if she'd gotten away with it.

[KS Toronado]

32. Maybe Joe Biden could ask Joe Manchin.......

If he would like the DOJ to look into his daughter's price gouging?

[dalton99a]

37. +1

[Marcuse]

41. Joe wouldn't do that. Merrick would.

[Trust_Reality]

34. Bingo #2

He does not seem to have Democratic values. He must be loving the position he is in right now, needed by the Dems. I wonder how much he is trying to squeeze out of them.

[Tommymac]

48. To be fair to him the glass is half-full.

He votes with the Dem's a little over 50% of the time.

I'd rather have that then have a Qthug who would vote with us 0% of the time.

Manchin can be played - President Joe knows him well and IO believe he can and will keep him under enough control on the legislation that REALLY matters.

[monkeyman1]

36. republican spy & sympathizer .

[LetMyPeopleVote]

38. Rachel needs to do another segment on this

[LetMyPeopleVote]

39. Manchen should recuse himself

Link to tweet

[MichMan]

40. How would his recusal lead to getting the 50 votes for confirmation?

[Marcuse]

42. Tanden loses 49-50. She needs Manchin's vote.

[lagomorph777]

43. It explains (does not excuse) his position on Tanden.

We need other explanations for many of his other positions...

[Blue Owl]

44. Sounds like a conflict of interest to me

[BobTheSubgenius]

49. How do I phrase this without breaking the rule about criticizing a Democrat?

Well, I can start by suggesting that her apparent greed and gouging are not what we'd hope for in the best traditions of the party.

Perhaps she is a product of upbringing? That's possible, but obviously, I don't know. I will say that I'm not overwhelmingly enthusiastic about their work up to now.