''We are officially in WTF territory on the Senate floor.''

[Donkees]

We are officially in WTF territory on the Senate floor. The vote-a-rama has been stalled out for more than three hours. Dems don't yet have 50 for their most important amendment and Rs are trying to bring Manchin on board to Portman's unemployment trims.

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[OrlandoDem2]

1. I'm sick of that a-hole from WV!

[Magoo48]

5. Dude's sittin' in the wrong dugout.

[Lochloosa]

8. We would not have the Senate with out this "Dude".

[soothsayer]

12. Almost don't *with*

[Maru Kitteh]

22. Is Mitch the majority leader? Is Lindsey a committee chair?

Let's think a little further than what's in front of our nose.

[11 Bravo]

17. If he switches dugouts, Moscow Mitch runs the show again.

(And Manchin as well as every Repuke senator knows it.)

[NurseJackie]

14. I'm grateful that he's ours. Count your blessings.

[Eyeball_Kid]

2. Manchin is making the GOP happy. He's their guy.

What Manchin isn't tracking is that, in less than two years, his status as asshole in chief will disappear when Dems gain more Senate seats. Then his iconoclasm act will be irrelevant. Right now, no one cares about him except that he's holding up progress, and they dislike him for that. After 2022, he can be the Republican he's always wanted to be, and no one will give a shit.

[msfiddlestix]

3. Manchin is defecting faster than I expected.

And doing this after appeasing him.

[Fiendish Thingy]

19. Dems won't gain any senate seats if Manchin obstructs HR1. Nt

[gibraltar72]

4. I predict we get very tired of the Manchin presidency very quickly.

[uponit7771]

7. +1, is he even up for reelection in 2022 !?!?

[jimfields33]

20. 2024.

[Celerity]

24. that is the real madness, he isn't even up for almost 4 more years + his re-election is really iffy

as it is. He barely won in 2018 with that giant Blue Wave at his back, plus if Justice runs, he has already outflanked Manchin to a degree on the left, and for sure on the right. We are being held hostage and being twisted into pretzels all over a potential seat retention 4 years down the road, whilst the present is getting shit on over his blocking key Biden initiatives. It quite likely hurts us in 2022 and for what? I do not see how Manchin voting against his own voter's interests helps him win re-election.

[stopdiggin]

11. got that right

what we really need is a little help from Romney, Collins, Murkowski, etc.

It'd be so nice to see the little weasel return to the irrelevant fly-speck that he's always been.

[blm]

6. Siding with Republican senators who enabled Trump's coup

attempt and coverups. Siding with US traitors.

[uponit7771]

9. THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 Some in DC still see the people who are EVEN TODAY tacitly supporting the ...

... justification for the 1/6 terrorist attack as a force for good.

I don't, I think if they got back into control of congress the nation as a whole is screwed.

The kGQP is LITERALLY justifying the lies told that was the basis of a terrorist attack on the nations capital.

[Blue Owl]

23. How dare they side with the traitors

[JHB]

10. So what pork can be tossed to Senator Lynchpin to ease his concerns?

I suspect he likes having it all hinge on him.

[gibraltar72]

15. Perhaps starting an investigation of his daughters company.

[movingviolation]

13. Is it time to just write Manchin off yet?

You can't depend on him to do the right thing, what else can be done? He's just going to play us, I don't care if he's from a red state and barely scraped in, you either stand for decency or not, and if not, there's the door. It was nice to think we have a Senate majority, but that obviously is not the case as long as Manchin straddles the fence and plays us like this. Are Democratic voting WV constituents really happy with this behavior? Just who does he represent? What an asshole.

[stillcool]

16. so you liked Mitch as Speaker?

[sarcasmo]

18. The guy who represents less than 2 million people, screwing over 360 million.

[liskddksil]

21. Reason #44566 That we need term limits. Its all a game to these people

while millions suffer.