NEWS: Joe Manchin will support Interior secretary nominee @DebHaalandNM , a boost to her prospects..

[demmiblue]

Link to tweet

[BGBD]

1. I'm sure

Lots of people will be in this thread apologizing for calling a sitting Democratic Senator a racist misogynist.

Where's the sarcasm button???

[catbyte]

2. That's a pleasant surprise. I was worried he wouldn't seeing he's from coal country.

On edit: It will be awesome to have an actual Native American head the BIA.

[BGBD]

10. Really

Her agency has much more control over western US coal reserves than anything in WV. Almost all WV coal is on private land, so they aren't dealing with federal leases much.

EPA and Army Corp of Engineers has a lot more impact on WV reserves.

[whathehell]

3. Good!!

I'll be so glad to see a NA woman appointed Secretary of the Interior.

[2naSalit]

4. Good.

I hope he maintains that sentiment.

[vercetti2021]

5. Guess he figured out

That she is the only true native of this land and we aren't

[DFW]

6. That's good to know, but still

It bugs me that a Democratic Senator supporting a cabinet nominee by a Democratic President is worthy of a headline.

[Politicub]

7. Good. Credit where credit is due.

[elleng]

8. Good!

(as Rachel M predicted yesterday.)

[Fullduplexxx]

9. Feeling the heat?

[SimplyHadEnough]

20. Exactly!

[calguy]

11. It will be a great day for Native Americans when she is confirmed

She is a a shining example of greatness that her fellow Native Americans can take pride in. And the rest of us who aren't Native Americans are very proud of her too.

[KPN]

12. Should never have been in question in the first place. He gets no

thanks or credit from me. A few more Senate Dems and you are history Joey.

[liberalmuse]

13. It looks like pressure works with him.

Or coddling. Or bribery. I would rather believe it is his constituents calling him telling him to do his job. His only other choice is to vote with the Republicans and that is just not a good look these days.

[flibbitygiblets]

14. I take it Haaland DIDN'T call our Munchin's daughter for medicinal price-gauging?

I guess women have special requirements to be admitted.

[brush]

15. Good. Manchin, we see you. You can stop with the grandstanding and get with...

the Democratic Party's agenda. You're important.

OK?

[BobTheSubgenius]

16. It this is going to be SOP every time the party really NEEDS him,

having to kowtow to Manchin is going become pretty tedious.

[Rebl2]

17. It makes

me sick that everything has to be run by j. manchin to make sure it’s okay with him🤬

[SunSeeker]

18. Hallelujah! nt

[macone]

19. Another win for me

I take full credit for Joe changing his mind. Here's the email I sent him:

It’s obvious. You plan on spending the next 4 years of Biden’s term pissing in the soup. You’ll be taking over the job McConnell performed during the Obama administration.
I don’t live in West Virginia so I can’t vote against you. But, I can help raise money and devote some of my own limited resources to supporting any candidate who runs against you in a primary.
If a snaggle-toothed junkyard dog challenges you in a primary, he or she would have my full support.

[homegirl]

27. That's the

way to do it. Hit them in the wallet and word of mouth.

Love your wording.

[ananda]

21. He just won't support Tanden bc of his daughter's epipens scam.

Sheesh

[slumcamper]

22. (((EXPLODING))) Sick and tired of this ASSHOLE being "kingmaker" or whatever

Why the hell can't we find a path around this sonofabitch? I'm sure we are working on one but I guess this is the shit we have to eat when we don't truly control our own destiny, and exist by the hair of our fucking teeth.

Better than the other scenario, but all the more reason we need to hail-the-fuck-Mary and bomb the filibuster.

[Oldem]

23. I'm with those who think somebody held his feet to the fire.

Vote of conscience? Naaaaaah. Vote to satisfy his constituents? WV? Ya kiddin'?

It looks as if it will be this way from now on. Kiss the Manchen ring or kick the Manchen butt.

[oldbones]

24. Joe Mansion should get off the Republican toilet, he is not a good Democrat

and, I have family there, and they are fed up with him.

[MoonRiver]

25. That's a relief. I want her in more than Tanden. n/t

[jcgoldie]

26. Why was this even in question?

Manchin needed some republican to tell him its ok to vote for Haaland because he has a "good working relationship" with her? He can shove that BS.

[Efilroft Sul]

28. Good. I think much better of him today than I did yesterday. Good decision, Manchin.

Deb Haaland is a superior choice for the Department of the Interior.

[macone]

29. Manchin is also opposed to the $15 an hour minimum wage

Manchin's daughter, Heather Manchin Bresch, is the CEO of Mylan. Mylan is infamous for raising the price of EpiPen by 400%.

Last year she made 19 million-plus. How much is that an hour?

[dsc]

30. This is one where I think Murkowski would have and still likely will

vote for her. She was introduced by Don Young who is Alaska's sole Congressperson and is a very conservative Republican. It provides her abundant cover to vote for Haaland. Young is bad on a whole lot of issues but on Native American issues he is actually quite good which is likely why he introduced her and is a good friend of hers. That said, glad Manchin came through on this as he actually had a more substantive reason to oppose her than he did Tanden. At least in this case Manchin disagrees on a major issue of policy (albeit with her being right and him wrong).