Leaked Audio of Manchin Call w/ Wealthy Donors Offers Glimpse of Dealmaking on Filibuster 1/6 Comm

[CousinIT]

(I don't know much about "The Intercept" - are they a reliable source?)

https://theintercept.com/2021/06/16/joe-manchin-leaked-billionaire-donors-no-labels/
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WEST VIRGINIA SEN. Joe Manchin, in a private call on Monday with a group of major donors, provided a revealing look at his political approach to some of the thorniest issues confronting lawmakers.

The remarks were given on a Zoom teleconference session that was obtained by The Intercept.

The meeting was hosted by the group No Labels, a big money operation co-founded by former Sen. Joe Lieberman that funnels high-net-worth donor money to conservative Democrats and moderate Republicans. Among the gathering’s newsworthy revelations: Manchin described an openness to filibuster reform at odds with his most recent position that will buoy some Democrats’ hopes for enacting their agenda.

The call included several billionaire investors and corporate executives, among them Louis Bacon, chief executive of Moore Capital Management; Kenneth D. Tuchman, founder of global outsourcing company TeleTech; and Howard Marks, the head of Oaktree Capital, one of the largest private equity firms in the country. The Zoom participant log included a dial-in from Tudor Investment Corporation, the hedge fund founded by billionaire Paul Tudor Jones. Also present was a roster of heavy-hitting political influencers, including Republican consultant Ron Christie and Lieberman, who serves as a representative of No Labels and now advises corporate interests.

The meeting was led by Nancy Jacobson, the co-founder of No Labels.

The wide-ranging conversation went into depth on the fate of the filibuster, infrastructure negotiations, and the failed effort to create a bipartisan commission to explore the January 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol, and offers a frank glimpse into the thinking of the conservative Democrat who holds the party’s fate in his hands.

Manchin told the assembled donors that he needed help flipping a handful of Republicans from no to yes on the January 6 commission in order to strip the “far left” of their best argument against the filibuster. The filibuster is a critical priority for the donors on the call, as it bottles up progressive legislation that would hit their bottom lines.

[Budi]

1. Always a "leaked call, a line from a convo 'lifted' out of context for Impact.."

This is regularly becoming a shitty form of targeted sabatogue & a bit odd that The Intercept has a long reputation of being somewhere in the nefarious gist of it all.

🤭

[Casady1]

2. two people that deserve an ass kicking

Lieberman and ron Christie.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

3. This part says it all...

"The filibuster is a critical priority for the donors on the call, as it bottles up progressive legislation that would hit their bottom lines."

When the government works for everybody the donors hate it, cause they don't want to share.

What a joke everybody can see this, who looks

[bahboo]

4. just seeing Lieberman's name, makes me want to puke....

[FBaggins]

5. This is several weeks old

Those who interpreted it as Manchin softening his stance on the filibuster were clearly incorrect.