After Biden meeting, Manchin issues lengthy statement: "I will not vote to eliminate or weaken the..

[demmiblue]

After Biden meeting, Manchin issues lengthy statement: “I will not vote to eliminate or weaken the filibuster.”

Link to tweet

[JustAnotherGen]

1. It's coming down to

Who gets to decide which votes can get counted.

[LenaBaby61]

4. The GQP has already showed/told Dems that THEIR votes shouldn't & won't count.

Looks like the treasonous fools from WV & Az have WON, on helping the GQP US Taliban Party FINALLY get RID of what little bit of democracy we had left. The GQP will get hold of this country, and turn it into something WORSE than what happened on January 6th.

[JustAnotherGen]

5. Not certain this is the end

If it is - the retaliation will be awful in a 5 years / a decade.

[LenaBaby61]

9. How can you retaliate when you have NO power, and your voted do NOT count?

Look at Russia. That's what the treasonous GQP US Taliban Party wants over here in this country and worse.

[JustAnotherGen]

14. I said nothing about voting

I was in DC as an intern during Rwanda - and my work ostensibly was focused on the VAW - but I was there because of a paper on Genocide working for a congress woman.


I suspect people that look like me, other minorities, the GLBT communities and religious minorities -with some cisgender white LIBERAL christians -

Might go Hutu. Give it 5-10 years. Max.

[demmiblue]

6. Yep.

Link to tweet

[Botany]

2. Skip reading Manchin's bull shit and just know that the Fossil Fuel Industries have backed this ...

... up to Joe's yacht or house. The fossil fuel industry as it is now operated is worth > 1 trillion $s and
it will pay anything to keep the gravy train running.

[Poiuyt]

3. I'm getting really sick of the phrase "tyranny of the majority"

I'm sure the Founders didn't mean for that to mean "minority rules."

[Hekate]

8. Yeah, those poor, poor CEOs are soooo outnumbered by all us peons. God only knows what we'd do

…if we actually had power.

[Freddie]

19. We've had "tyranny of the minority" for quite some time now

The Founding Fathers meant to “protect minority interests”, not “ensure complete minority rule.”

[Poiuyt]

36. Yeah, that sometimes gets forgotten

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

7. I'M PISSED!!! So much to say here... but better to hold my fire.

[Eid Ma Clack Shaw]

10. Another evil person masquerading as a public servant

these people know what they’re doing.

[Rhiagel]

11. Somehow, someway we need to get to 52 Democratic Senators.

Make these 2 showboats irrelevant. Then, make DC the 51st state, which will add 2 more for the good guys.

[agingdem]

16. why can't Joe issue an Executive Order?

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[Rhiagel]

21. He did somewhat back in March.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/03/07/fact-sheet-president-biden-to-sign-executive-order-to-promote-voting-access/

But he can only do so much. It's more up to the states and our dysfunctional Congress.

[Drunken Irishman]

33. Because executive orders only cover federal laws/regulations/employees.

It's why Harry Truman could desegregate the army with an executive order, since the army is federal.

Elections, however, are not. He's limited in what he can do. Since elections are held at the state level, an executive order would not cover state election laws.

[uponit7771]

12. He already has with the debt ceiling !! Manchin is 100% full of shit.

[kimbutgar]

13. I wonder how much he is getting paid?

How much money does this cretin need to not destroy our democracy?

[pwb]

15. In the Senate we get stuck with the wrong people for 6 Years.

That needs more attention election time.

[Docreed2003]

17. Manchin is a damn fool if he doesn't think his precious filibuster isn't coming down...

...the first chance the GOP gets to make that change if they gain a majority in the Senate.
The writing is on the wall.

[Fiendish Thingy]

18. Schumer must Make. Him. Vote. Nt

[PortTack]

34. Absolutely!

[budkin]

20. Bring it to a vote and make them record it

Enough is enough.

[BlueIdaho]

23. Absolutely!

Time to strip the filibuster fig leaf off these traitors and bring Voting Rights and each individual piece of the Build Back Better act to the floor and force votes. Dozens of votes… Hundreds of vote if necessary. It’s time to cut the crap and put these DINOs on record. Enough is enough.

[wiggs]

22. So I'm sure he mentioned how much the gop needs to stop abusing the filibuster law, and

that he'll work day and night to get some gop senators to back election and voting law reforms which are badly needed.

Did he say that?

[LW1977]

24. Can the blue states join Canada when Democracy dies?

So tired of hearing about these two! Democracy is dead!

[iemanja]

25. Will no Republicans vote for the bill?

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

29. Why would they?

They have zero reason to support this bill.

[Crunchy Frog]

26. The Sinema and Manchin Memorial Dictatorship?

Should that be the new name for our country after 2024?

[kacekwl]

28. Fuck these people. If they don't

want to legislate and do their job get the fuck out and stop holding EVERY GOD DAMN THING UP. Call it a hung jury and bring replacement legislators. This is total nonsense already. Yes I'm talking to the two assholes from WV and Arizona and any other "Democratic party" members who won't get it together.

[W_HAMILTON]

30. Vote in 2022 to eliminate or weaken Manchin.

Let's get some more Democrats from the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party in the Senate so that we never have to give another damn what Manchin says or does.

[msongs]

31. did mitch mcconnell write that speech for Manchin? nt

[LiberalFighter]

32. Elect enough Democrats in the Senate so Manchin and Sinema lose key committee assignments.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

35. I'm getting more curious about how, specifically, Biden has approached negotiations with Manchin.