Manchin says he's 'very, very' disturbed about reconciliation proposals on climate change

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David Roberts
@drvolts
Either @Sen_JoeManchin fundamentally misunderstands climate change & climate policy, or he is lying.

Joe Manchin says he's 'very, very' disturbed about reconciliation proposals on climate change
Sen. Joe Manchin, the Democrats' most pivotal swing vote, expressed his most serious concerns yet about a key element in their party's $3.5 trillion sweeping economic plan: Provisions dealing with...
cnn.com
2:36 PM · Jul 21, 2021

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/14/politics/joe-manchin-reconciliation-climate-change/index.html

(CNN) — Sen. Joe Manchin, the Democrats' most pivotal swing vote, expressed his most serious concerns yet about a key element in their party's $3.5 trillion sweeping economic plan: Provisions dealing with climate change that have been sought by progressives.

Manchin, who hails from coal-producing West Virginia, told CNN that he's "very, very disturbed" by provisions he believes would eliminate fossil fuels -- a warning sign for Democrats who need all 50 members of their caucus to sign off on the plan in order to get it through the Senate. But the climate provisions are key to getting support from liberals, particularly in the House.

President meets Democrats on Capitol Hill as pressure ramps up on infrastructure talks
And how Democratic leaders keep both factions of their caucus will be key to determining if they can approve much of President Joe Biden's domestic agenda by the fall.

"I know they have the climate portion in here, and I'm concerned about that," Manchin said moments after Biden met with Senate Democrats in the Capitol on Wednesday.

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[RKP5637]

1. This guy is an obsolete fossil who belongs in a different age ... clinging on for votes and money.nt

[lagomorph777]

2. I do think he's disturbed.

Some of his statements make me really worry about his mental health.

Opposition to voting rights (I mean in real life, meaning kill or modify the Filibuster) is signing his own pink slip. That is just crazy.

[Beachnutt]

3. He is such a slime ball, is there a way to

make him get in line or is he going to obstruct everything until he leaves office ?

[MLAA]

4. I read about a week ago he owns or is part owner of a coal mine.

He isn’t disturbed he is greedy.

Updated: Found this old article

https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/07/26/26greenwire-sen-manchin-maintains-lucrative-ties-to-family-64717.html

[spanone]

5. I agree, he's very, very disturbed.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

6. Taking that Koch

Money and working with ALEC...I see who you support..and it's not the Dem agenda asshole.

[Celerity]

7. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) says attempts to eliminate fossil fuels will make climate change "worse"

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215634439

[FalloutShelter]

8. I am disturbed by the mention of his name.

[aeromanKC]

9. So says the $1 million oil and gas PACman

[Faux pas]

10. It's

time to GO joe.

[moondust]

11. "I'm a Coal Man"

Old Sam & Dave song.

[Politicub]

12. Can we just send checks to sad coal miners in West Virginia? It would be cheaper in the

long run than kicking the can down the road for climate change mitigation.

[BradAllison]

19. They get paid shit anyway. n/m

[NickB79]

14. I too am very, very disturbed, thinking about the world my daughter gets to inherit

A mass extinction event to rival the asteroid impact 65 million yr ago, kicked off by humans and their rampant consumption of natural resources.

My daughter will get to see vast swathes of this planet literally become too hot to support human beings, and country after country collapse into war and famine. Billions will die or become refugees in her lifetime.

Shove your concern for oil and coal so far up your ass it becomes a diamond.

[diane in sf]

15. If he had any brains or decency, he'd be working on getting his state off coal. Coal is dying of

market forces.

[XanaDUer2]

16. This

and he'd be out making the case for new good paying green jobs.

[hatrack]

17. What would it take to make Manchin "very very disturbed" about global warming?

Maybe 16" of rain in eight hours wiping out a couple of mountain towns in your home state? Maybe the odd forest fire, or a record-crushing heatwave killing your constituents, or wiping out a fishery?

At this point, it's just a matter of time before climate disasters of different flavors visit all our states, and Joe Manchin can nighty-night sleep tight in the knowledge that he did his bit to destabilize the world and to permanently fuck the people he "represents".

[BradAllison]

18. SIGH

Don't say it folks......don't get banned.

[UTUSN]

20. So his word is "disturbed" where COLLINS uses "concerned"?!

[Johnny2X2X]

21. He's going to protect his state's polluters.

It’s what he was elected for. Cut a deal with him.