Clyburn offers Manchin history lesson to clear Senate path for Biden reforms

[DonViejo]

Majority whip faces up to West Virginia senator on filibuster

Georgia voting law is ‘new Jim Crow’, congressman insists

Richard Luscombe
@richlusc

Sun 11 Apr 2021 13.48 EDT

Jim Clyburn, the House majority whip, said on Sunday he intends to give Joe Manchin a lesson in US history as he attempts to clear a path for Joe Biden on voting rights and infrastructure.

Manchin, a moderate Democratic senator from West Virginia, has emerged as a significant obstacle to the president’s ambitious proposals by insisting he will not vote to reform or end the Senate filibuster, which demands a super-majority for legislation to pass, to allow key measures passage through the 50-50 chamber on a simple majority basis.

His stance has drawn praise from Republicans: Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader, hailed Manchin as the politician “almost singlehandedly preserving the Senate”. But Democrats appear to be losing patience – and none more vociferously than Clyburn.

“I’m going to remind the senator exactly why the Senate came into being,” Clyburn, from South Carolina, told CNN’s State of the Union, refreshing criticism of Manchin that has included saying he feels “insulted” by his refusal to fully embrace voting rights reform.

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/11/jim-clyburn-joe-manchin-voting-rights-georgia-jim-crow

[triron]

1. Manchin's cognitive capacity must be impaired.

[mountain grammy]

8. Yes it is..

I wish Clyburn luck.

[msfiddlestix]

2. May the Force be with You, Clyburn...

I wish you all the blessings and the power of persuasion in helping Manchin see the wisdom of your words and turn his thinking towards snuffing out the New Jim Crow.

[XanaDUer2]

3. WV is a dirt poor state

that needs infrastructure monies, wth is Manchin thinking?

[Champion Jack]

6. Manchin has never cared

It's all about the $ for him

[wryter2000]

4. This is an utter disgrace

I'm ashamed to be white when my own party can't secure voting rights for African American people and others. We are letting all the people who struggled and died down for some imagined "bipartisanship." I wish to God that word had never been invented.

[Hekate]

5. KnR

[patphil]

7. West Virginia is a deep red state...legislature and governor, plus big win for Trump in 2020.

Manchin won his last election with 49% of the vote. He will be hard pressed to win again, especially if the Republicans there pass a voter suppression law similar to Georgia.
I really don't think he has a lot to lose by going all in with Biden. Who knows, it may even help him. West Virginia certainly need the money the infrastructure bill will provide, along with a whole lot of jobs for former coal workers that will also come into the state as part of the build back. And they certainly could use a higher minimum wage and better health care.
Blocking Biden's legislative initiatives isn't going to help Manchin one bit. It's not going to ingratiate him with the Republicans, they'll still see him as the enemy.
And, even if Manchin loses his re-election bid in 2024, he would at least have the satisfaction of knowing he did the right thing for his constituents.
I hope Clyburn can get through to him.

[mountain grammy]

9. Agree!

[WarGamer]

10. Manchin just yawned.

[NoMoreRepugs]

11. Manchin puts Manchin before Country, before West Virginia and before

Party - I think he’s a lost cause.

[Hortensis]

12. Manchin is NOT a "moderate Democrat." I get so sick of these attempts

to portray half the Democrats in congress as as conservative as Manchin.

Now, Jim Clyburn is a "moderate liberal" or "moderate Democrat" in the middle of the very large main (liberal) bloc . Not at the right edge of the party like Manchin.

Here's Manchin, over among the most leftward Pubs: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/joe_manchin/412391

Clyburn: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/james_clyburn/400075

[rickyhall]

13. Wonder if Clyburn knows about "The Treatment" patented by LBJ?