Senator Dick Durbin's powerful Tweet today

[Polybius]

Link to tweet

[elleng]

1. but manchin won't.

[KPN]

16. The Grinch.

[ShazzieB]

34. But even the Grinch saw the error of his ways and his heart grew 3 sizes.

I don't see that ever happening to Manchin. (Not to mention, Manchin's heart is probably the size of a raisin right now, and needs to grow a lot more than 3 sizes.)

[KPN]

43. Lol. True!

[LenaBaby61]

17. THIS 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

[UTUSN]

2. K&R

[lpbk2713]

3. Not a chance. There's nothing in it for him.

And obviously good will means nothing to him.

[leftstreet]

4. Uh...how exactly is that powerful?

Please sir, can we have some more sir?

ugh

If Manchin flat out lied to Biden he needs to be REMOVED as energy chair

[Polybius]

6. I don't know

I liked it.

[JohnSJ]

9. I agree, and it is powerful especially at this time in the season

[LowerManhattanite]

5. Surround his houseboat/yacht with a flotilla and dump sugar.

A hundred dinghies. Each one with a large picture of a diabetic child held aloft.

[JudyM]

8. Something, anything, yes.

[monkeyman1]

12. I still like the idea of a u-boat in the marina ?

[Mr. Evil]

21. Or maybe hire a scuba diver that also owns an underwater hole saw.

[Deuxcents]

7. His daughter is on the board

Or otherwise an important person in pharma in WV. Quite a shade from Durbin

[BigmanPigman]

10. Ah ha! The Epi-pen scandal...

"Manchin received large campaign contributions from daughter’s company amid EpiPen scandal"

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/09/manchin-large-campaign-contributions-epipen-scandal/

[Fiendish Thingy]

11. So it's come to this- Manchin has reduced the #2 Dem Senator to begging for crumbs

[Polybius]

19. I think he's being sarcastic to Manchin

That's how I read it anyway.

[AncientAndy]

20. It's very passive aggressive.

[Fiendish Thingy]

26. I'm not picking up on the sarcasm- sounds like a desperate plea to me. Nt

[ShazzieB]

35. I'm getting the passive aggressiveness big time myself.

[C Moon]

13. Oh boy...the GOP sure took him for a ride.

They probably set him up for this.
I wouldn't be surprised if he comes back to the bargaining table quick when he realizes his GOP "friends" are using him.

[Progressive Jones]

22. He won't realize quickly enough that the GOP has conned him. Or, he's already

been bought and paid for.

[C Moon]

27. Yeah, bought and paid for was my first thought. Probably Russian money involved.

[budkin]

14. More like pathetic

You think Joe Manchin cares about a tweet?

[Sherman A1]

24. Agreed

I am just sick to death of government, policy making and communication by “F in” Twitter. Wish to the heavens that the goddamn thing never was developed.

[LW1977]

15. A tweet is just words..

I’m tired of just words!

[Diablo del sol]

18. FFS - Manchin will respond

"Was all set to do this, but Senate Dems are going to ruin this Country and didn't honestly negotiate with me."

Cut FUCKING Bait!

[Sherman A1]

23. That and two bucks will buy you a cup of coffee ☕️

Machin doesn’t care about anything besides himself.

[Stuart G]

39. Thank You for saying that. Manchin is exactly the same as Trump..Only thinking about himself..

[JI7]

25. The people of West Virginia don't care as much about these things

Look at all the other people they elect to office and the fact that Manchin is the best out of them.

People keep saying how they support this bill but not as much as they support other things which decide their vote.

[flying_wahini]

28. 'Mansion' isn't interested in his legacy so Nope, probably won't happen.

[c-rational]

29. Good, keep up this line of attack. It does not matter that he won't change his mind.

[ShazzieB]

36. Agreed. Hit him over the head with it till he can't see straight.

Punish him, damn it. Whether anyone thinks he'll ever change his mind or not, he deserves to be put through the wringer for his perfidy!

[marieo1]

30. Agreement

Senator Durbin.........you are right on the money. Manchin has been a class act ass for as long as I've heard of him. Why he keeps pretending to be a Democrat beats me!!! He IS no democrat.

[Atticus]

31. That's MY Senator! (Just one of two great ones!) nt

[ShazzieB]

37. Mine, too!

[GoCubsGo]

32. Both of them, along with the entire GOP caucus.

There's no reason Shelly Capito should be spared from being called out on this. Or, Moscow Mitch, Lindsey Graham, Susan Collins, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio...

[Martin Eden]

33. Apparently Manchin said he was concerned parents would use the child tax credit to buy drugs

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/manchin-privately-raised-concerns-parents-would-use-child-tax-credit-n1286321

[BlueIdaho]

38. Nice Try Dick

But Manchin just doesn’t care.

[pansypoo53219]

40. time to massage some reasonable republican.

[dchill]

41. Has Durbin heard about EpiPen?

[MustLoveBeagles]

42. K&R