BREAKING: Sen. Joe Manchin will oppose Dale Ho's confirmation as a judge on the Southern District of

[In It to Win It]

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/senator-manchin-to-oppose-hos-nomination-to-new-york-court-seat

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) will oppose Dale Ho’s confirmation as a judge on the Southern District of New York, narrowing the voting rights attorney’s path to the federal bench.

Manchin will vote against Ho’s confirmation when it comes up for a vote currently scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, a Manchin spokesperson told Bloomberg Law.

Manchin’s opposition means Ho’s confirmation vote, as well as a procedural vote beforehand, could be tight and require the rest of the Democratic caucus to get him across the finish line. If every Senate Republican voted with Manchin against Ho’s confirmation, Vice President Kamala Harris could break the 50-50 tie.

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[emulatorloo]

1. Why? Because reasons?

[FSogol]

8. His coal overloads desired it!

[Sneederbunk]

2. Expect a lot of cray cray from Manchin until the election.

[niyad]

3. why?? apart from being an obstructionist ass, that is.

[in2herbs]

4. Why doesn't a D in WV run against him as a RINO? nt

[we can do it]

7. Any other D has a snowballs chance in hell in WV.

[Hortensis]

5. He must think he has more than a snowball's chance of being reelected.

If he runs for reelection, of course.

Politico:

Republicans want Manchin to bow out, fearful that he may have one more trick up his sleeve
Democrats are on the verge of extinction in West Virginia, but the West Virginia senator hasn’t lost a race since the 1990s.

Republicans’ best option for unseating Sen. Joe Manchin: Pray that he retires first.

The longtime West Virginia Democrat might be the most endangered member of his party heading into 2024. But Republicans still see the contest against him as treacherous. Manchin is a West Virginia institution who has repeatedly defied the odds in a deep-red state. ...

There’s no sugar-coating the dire position in which Manchin finds himself. After Democrats dominated West Virginia for decades, the state has gone full-blown MAGA in recent years. Former President Donald Trump won it by nearly 40 percentage points in 2020, and there are only 14 Democrats left in West Virginia’s 134-member state legislature.

Some Republicans are praying Manchin runs for president, including those who've already spent millions to defeat him whatever he does.

[KPN]

6. Asshole. That's all.

[JanLip]

9. I just don't like this fellow

He’s only doing these things for attention. Keep his egotistical self in the news. Be glad when he’s no longer a senator.

Jan

[Ocelot II]

11. When he's no longer a senator he will be replaced by a Republican.

Manchin is only barely a Democrat but he counts as one for determining which party has the majority.

[In It to Win It]

14. I'll keep him. He's the best option out of only bad options in West Virginia

[JanLip]

15. Well hopefully

There will be several new Democratic senators voted in and that will make Manchin expendable. I don’t care if he’s barely a democrat he’s still a butthole and the sooner he’s out of there the better

Jan

[MrsCoffee]

10. HEY, EVERYBODY, LOOK AT ME!!!

Thank goddess for Harris. But waiting for Cinema(sic) to get in there with her 15 minutes.

[riversedge]

12. The vote was unavoidably delayed last week also........

ALL Dems need to be present!



..........Senate Democrats scuttled plans to confirm Ho last week after Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) was out due to a sinus infection. Her absence and Manchin’s opposition combined likely would have doomed Ho’s chances on the floor.

Manchin previously voted against Nancy Abudu’s confirmation to the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

[TomDaisy]

13. feeling pissy he's getting pushback on his dirty pipeline