Just gonna leave this here. He gets Koch money too. Lots of it.

[CousinIT]

Yea. I know he calls HIMSELF a "Democrat" but...Democrats support Democracy and voting rights. His actions say he doesn't.



Sen. Joe Manchin, key Democratic holdout on federal voting protections, coming to Texas for fundraiser hosted by several GOP donors

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/15/joe-manchin-texas-fundraiser-republicans/

. . .

“We invite you to join us for a special evening supporting our friend, US Senator Joe Manchin,” according to the invitation’s cover letter, which went on to call Manchin “a longtime friend since his days as Governor of West Virginia.”

The host committee includes titans of the Texas oil and gas industry — many of whom donate almost exclusively to Republicans. But there is a prominent Democrat included among the hosts: former Houston Mayor Bill White. White was the 2010 Democratic nominee for governor, and declined to comment on this story. All of the other hosts could not immediately be reached for comment.

[jalan48]

1. Lots of emphasis on Oligarch Putin and and not so much on our own American Oligarchs here in the US

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. I find Manchin disgusting. I know we need him, but!

He has a lot of power and he knows it.

I'm not sure what to do with him, and it's frustrating.

He needs to be less important and the way to accomplish that is to elect more Democratic Senators.

Larger numbers of Democratic Senators will mean that his importance will diminish.

[mitch96]

10. "He needs to be less important and the way to accomplish that is to elect more Democratic Senators"

BINGO!!! give that teddybear to the lady with the camera!!
If we get more senators and keep the house he will be just a footnote in history.. Watch him switch sides if that happens.. YMMV

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[monkeyman1]

12. big buck's in coal , just like "MOSCOW MITCH "

[Joe Bacon]

4. Manchin is this year's version of LIEberman 2009-2010.

Manchin is sabotaging us the same way LIEberman did with Obamacare.

[Crunchy Frog]

7. The sad thing about Lieberman is that we could have had Ned Lamont,

And it was mostly our own party establishment that made sure we didn't.

At least with Manchin there was little chance that we'd ever get anyone other than a fascist in that seat.

[Joe Bacon]

14. Truth

Lamont was a good man who got stabbed in the back. He would have made a GREAT senator.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

5. Do a republican thing on him

Investigate Manchin,find some really disgusting but true dirt that would ruin him politically.

Than threaten to put it all out there on all the media outlets if he doesn't start voting like a democrat asap.

If he can't be persuaded by saving democracy,maybe it needs to get personal.

[Crunchy Frog]

8. Yeah, you figure he must have some skeletons rattling around somewhere.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

9. I think this is the only way

We are going to get democratic behavior out of him.

Make revealing the truth scarier than losing the money .

One does not become an asshole like Manchin without having shit to hide.

[BGBD]

16. And he'll laugh at you

"Go ahead and release it. I'll retire and you'll get a worse version of Rand Paul"

[UTUSN]

6. K&R

[gab13by13]

11. I get tired of

"we can't do anything because of Manchin."

Chuck Schumer, break up S1 into individual bills and then bring them up for a vote rapid fire one after the other. When all GQPers vote them all down then hit Manchin up for a carve out for the filibuster. Doing nothing is not an option.

[randr]

13. It is Koch's group who are writing and funding anti voter legislation across the nation

DNC needs to primary this asswipe back into oblivion.

[BGBD]

17. LMFAO

You think he's scared of a primary?

[hunter]

15. The Koch Bros need another hobby.

Buying politicians and funding fascist think tanks is bad for the environment, bad for the average working person, and bad for human progress.

We'd all be better off if they were building rockets. Or were cheating on and losing altruistic wives and lovers.

Bezos has done both. He's got a dick rocket AND a philanthropist ex.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacKenzie_Scott

That's a lot of money he won't be spending on politics.