Katie Porter asks whether fellow Democrat Joe Manchin cares more about corporate donors than helping

[AZProgressive]

Katie Porter asks whether fellow Democrat Joe Manchin cares more about corporate donors than helping Americans

Joe Manchin has again come under fire for holding up a $3.5 trillion (£2.5 trillion) reconciliation bill, which caused fellow Democrat Katie Porter to ask whether or not he was “more concerned about his corporate donors” than aiding Americans.

The bill, which needs all 50 Democratic senators to pass the Senate, is among the largest bills to pass through both houses of Congress and is a top priority for Joe Biden, whose domestic agenda largely depends on the bill being passed.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/katie-porter-joe-manchin-donors-b1917309.html?utm_content=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1631220703

[msongs]

1. he seems to highly connected to the dying coal industry. highly connected $$$$ nt

[spanone]

2. Thank you Katie.

[Beachnutt]

3. The apple didn't fall far from the tree

his daughter

[Walleye]

4. Maybe he is still negotiating his post Senate compensation package

[SergeStorms]

13. Any GQP lobbyist...

would do backflips to have him on their payroll. He'll never have to worry about where his next yacht payment is coming from.

[Walleye]

14. Good point. But he has more power in the Senate as a Democrat.

[SergeStorms]

20. Disguised as a Democrat.

An actual Democrat would try to help his president push his agenda through Congress, not kneecap him at every opportunity.

[aocommunalpunch]

5. About time.

Frame the narrative and hammer it home.

[Srkdqltr]

6. Don't these people talk to one another? They work in the same building.

Can't they put pressure on him in person?

[I_UndergroundPanther]

7. Manchins daughter

Is the person who price gouged in obscene amounts forcing people with life threatening allergies to pay 700 bucks for 1 epi pen.

That should tell you he is a corporate asshole.

He isn't concerned about anything but himself like any other ethically bereft fucking narcissist trash.

I'd so love to get my size 10 docs on and stomp and stomp..
Until he squeals.

[BlueIdaho]

8. As in most cases...

I’m sure Katie Porter knows the answer before she asks the question…

[BlueIdaho]

9. As in most cases...

I’m sure Katie Porter knows the answer before she asks the question…

[Corgigal]

10. He's working for his next job,

he doesn’t care at all for the people who put him there. Another envy the rich guy person.

Travel through West Virginia, how is it possible to allow so many people to live the way they do?

[monkeyman1]

11. maybe the fec should have a look see into Mr. joe m. ?

[Evolve Dammit]

12. great question. Will Joe answer? Ha! Brought to you by coal, oil, gas and chemical companies. n/t

So bought and paid for. WV is a beautiful state. It really is.

[Ziggysmom]

15. "Beauty can be a mask for ugliness". Michael Harrington wrote in his 1962 book

The Other America: Poverty in the United States. Nothing has really changed for the poor in the US since then. Manchin DOES NOT GIVE A SHIT ABOUT ANYONE BUT HIMSELF

[LiberatedUSA]

16. She's asking a question she already knows the answer to.

You can’t lawyer, if you can’t do that.

[Blue Owl]

17. Joe Mansion

[UTUSN]

18. K&R

[UTUSN]

19. K&R