Manchin Insists He Is 'Not a Roadblock': 'I Am Not Going to Be Part of Blowing Up This Senate'

[DonViejo]

By Gideon Taaffe Apr 25th, 2021, 10:09 am

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) insisted his role as a conservative Democrat in a split Senate is not a “roadblock at all.”

CNN host Dana Bash asked Manchin how he responds to accusations that he is in the way of getting legislation passed during the small window Democrats have power for.

“I’m not a roadblock at all,” he said. “The best politics is good government. I can’t believe that people believe that if you just do it my way, that will give us the momentum to get through the next election.”

Manchin spoke reverently about the U.S. legislative system, “We won’t give this system a chance to work. I am not going to be part of blowing up this senate of ours or basically this democracy of ours or the republic that we have.”

more + video:
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/manchin-insists-he-is-not-a-roadblock-i-am-not-going-to-be-part-of-blowing-up-this-senate/

[dalton99a]

1. "We must preserve the status quo"

[Docreed2003]

2. Is it really a democracy

When the will of the people is held up by an insignificant number of individuals who wax poetic about "good government" and protecting an idealized view of the Senate?

[OAITW r.2.0]

4. Imploding it though, accomplishes the same result. nt

[PSPS]

5. "this senate of ours or basically this democracy of ours" - the senate is anti-democratic by design.

Manchin represents 2% of the population yet he can block the will of the large majority of all voters.

It's called minority rule.

[Johonny]

6. The senate is not a democratic institution, it is designed not to work.

I strips the majority of the population of representation and gives inflated egos from small population areas like Joe here a worthless overstated say in our political system.

The democrats need to start pushing abolishing the senate. Bottom line.

[ecstatic]

7. But you are. The GOP is trying to blow up our democracy

And you sit there and do nothing!

[Wounded Bear]

8. Instead he'll let it die a slow death...

strangled like George Floyd by Repubs leaning on their necks and smiling.

[aquamarina]

9. The will of the people is not enacted

When the minority rules.

[TheBlackAdder]

10. He's taken over the Susan Collins position and his flexing his power and seeking attention.

[Miguelito Loveless]

11. He prefers

to blow up democracy instead, and deliver the Republic to fascists.