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How supportive will Manchin & Sinema be of a Biden Supreme Court nominee? (Original Post)
bluewater
Sep 2021
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Budi
(15,325 posts)1. How supportive will Any of them be if Biden's choice is not 'their' choice?
Guess we'll find out if that day ever happens in Biden's term
MoonlitKnight
(1,584 posts)2. Their current actions are endangering all nominees after 2022
They will cause us to lose the Senate if they keep this up.
bluewater
(5,376 posts)3. +1000
FoxNewsSucks
(10,429 posts)4. They seem to want a permanent Democratic minority.
Lunabell
(6,080 posts)5. They aren't trustworthy at all.
I'm thinking Manchurian Candidates.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)6. We won't know for sure until it happens, but Manchin was supportive...
of Trump's
From: https://www.manchin.senate.gov/about/bipartisanship/legislation
Since President Trump was inaugurated, no Senator (Democrat or Republican) has split with their party more often than Senator Manchin, including 23 votes in which he was the only Democrat to vote with the Republicans on issues such as:
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Confirming Trump Nominees No Democratic Senator has voted to confirm more Trump nominees (115) than Senator Manchin. Senator Manchin voted to confirm his nominee to serve on the Supreme Court, Justice Neil Gorsuch. On nine occasions, Senator Manchin was the only Democrat to vote to confirm Trump nominees, including two cabinet Secretaries, three circuit court judges, and various other nominees.
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Confirming Trump Nominees No Democratic Senator has voted to confirm more Trump nominees (115) than Senator Manchin. Senator Manchin voted to confirm his nominee to serve on the Supreme Court, Justice Neil Gorsuch. On nine occasions, Senator Manchin was the only Democrat to vote to confirm Trump nominees, including two cabinet Secretaries, three circuit court judges, and various other nominees.
He voted to confirm Kavanaugh also.
bluewater
(5,376 posts)7. Thanks for that information.
Shocked, but not surprised.
onenote
(42,702 posts)8. I believe they've supported every Biden judicial nominee thus far.
BlueCheeseAgain
(1,654 posts)9. I think they'll be on board.
They've been on board for the vast majority of Biden's nominations so far.