Manchin calls Biden administration priorities 'absolutely infuriating' after ESG veto

[Polybius]

Source: The Hill

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) teed off on President Biden’s decision earlier on Monday to veto a bill that would have nixed a Labor Department rule on environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing.

Manchin, who was one of two Senate Democrats to vote with Republicans to overturn the rule on March 1, called Biden’s decision “absolutely infuriating” in a statement and panned the administration for putting its “radical” and “progressive agenda” ahead of the country’s needs.

“This Administration continues to prioritize their radical policy agenda over the economic, energy and national security needs of our country, and it is absolutely infuriating,” said Manchin, who is up for reelection next year. “West Virginians are under increasing stress as we continue to recover from a once in a generation pandemic, pay the bills amid record inflation, and face the largest land war in Europe since World War II.”

“The Administration’s unrelenting campaign to advance a radical social and environmental agenda is only exacerbating these challenges. This ESG rule will weaken our energy, national and economic security while jeopardizing the hard-earned retirement savings of 150 million West Virginians and Americans,” Manchin continued. “Despite a clear and bipartisan rejection of the rule from Congress, President Biden is choosing to put his Administration’s progressive agenda above the well-being of the American people.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3908944-manchin-calls-biden-administration-priorities-absolutely-infuriating-after-esg-veto/

[eShirl]

1. Bless his heart.

[pazzyanne]

4. Ditto! nt

[Joinfortmill]

15. Amen.

[CaptainTruth]

34. Y'all nailed it.

[LiberalFighter]

52. Hmmm is there enough holy water for that?

[bluestarone]

2. He's become a real problem child

I dislike him more and more.

[JohnSJ]

27. The real problem is we need a massive turnout so he becomes irrelevant

[bluestarone]

29. You got that right!

[Demsrule86]

46. He is running for reelection...I know Sinema voted for this most likely but who else?

[CentralMass]

54. Yep.

[NewHendoLib]

3. absolutely infuriating. A great descriptor of Machin.

[onetexan]

24. THIS!!☝️manchin's projecting & gaslighting

[Botany]

5. At his inner core Joe Manchin is just a grifting carpet salesman.

The man and a his family have a stake in a power plant in Grants Town, WV that burns his junk coal (GOB coal)
that is killing the planet and makes the people who live around it sick with its toxic out put. He is not a good
person.

[Traildogbob]

6. Eat chunks

Of beautiful clean coal you useless waste of cytoplasm. Black Lung, if you are listening………..there are lungs that would welcome you, with enough cash payout.

[Lonestarblue]

7. Gotta keep those millions from coal coming in.

[emulatorloo]

8. Boo hoo and a tiny violin.

[agingdem]

9. the first two years of the Biden administration Manchin

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wielded his obstructionist power as if he was the shadow president...he would agree to a proposal one day and condemn it the next...appeasing Joe Manchin gave him power..will he or won't switch parties..heady stuff...only when he became toxic did he attempt to redeem himself...Manchin wants desperately to be president, positioning himself as a pseudo centrist, Mr. Bipartisan...however, Manchin has become somewhat irrelevant of late, no longer courted and consulted and his immense ego can't handle it...and there's a good possibility he may lose his seat to a Republican challenger so he must prove he is anti-Biden to get re-elected if he chooses to run..

[ancianita]

35. Exactly. Manchin can go suck it.

[bucolic_frolic]

10. Manchin is way out in radical right field on this one

He just doesn't get it. The world is changing under their feet and they have no idea.

[DENVERPOPS]

12. Oh, trust me, he and Senema both get it

They are the Epitome of DINO's...........

Just like Republicans, they can only think of themselves and their lives..........

They and none of the Republicans must have kids or grandkids. Or maybe it is just that they don't care about even their kids and grandkids and care only about themselves??????????

What puny people..........

[ShazzieB]

33. Well.......

According to his Senate bio, Manchin has 3 children and 10 (!) grandchildren:
https://www.manchin.senate.gov/about

So either he doesn't care, or he's so deep in denial about climate change that leaving them a big pile of money is his only concern.

[DENVERPOPS]

41. Maybe that is it, the money angle

I guess the old adage is still true today: Follow the Money.........

[MayReasonRule]

11. Manchin and Tester Voted With Y'all Qaeda -- A Nat-C By Any Other Name Still Votes The Same

My 2¢'s...

[JohnSJ]

28. However I don't believe Tester made any snide remarks toward the President

[Cha]

13. ".. absolutely infuriating.." Projecting!

[Fiendish Thingy]

14. Get that yacht ready for your retirement, Joe

You’re leaving the senate in January 2025.

Fortunately, we will have two new progressive senators from CA and AZ to celebrate!

[Demsrule86]

47. I hope not...we need the seat...we will never get it back. We need Tester to who is running for

reelection.

[Fiendish Thingy]

50. If Gov. Justice runs, Manchin is toast

He barely got re-elected last time.

I look forward to our awesome new senators from AZ and CA!

[Escurumbele]

16. He is setting the stage to become a republican 100%

Read between the lines.

[Evolve Dammit]

48. I have felt that for years. Same with big screen Cinema n/t

[LymphocyteLover]

17. I can only hope this is just posturing for his 2024 re-election campaign

because otherwise, what an asshole...

"environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing"-- OMG can you imagine!! The horror!

[Dustlawyer]

18. Says the senator with coal interests in his portfolio.

[machoneman]

19. "The lady does protest too much". Wow, this ESG issue has really hit Manchin and the R's hard!

This show that they are scared, no, terrified of the the longer term implications.

I'll bet the oil/gas industry has already researched that a.) their share prices will drop b.) ESG will grow by leaps and bounds unless contained now and c.) said ESG leaning firms will reap the benefits with ever increasing share prices, all at the expense of the anti's.

[Paladin]

20. Just once, I'd like to see Manchin act like a (D-W.Va.) Democrat.

That'll probably happen around the same time Tucker Carlson says something truthful.

[llashram]

21. uhhh

I thought this guy was a Democrat?!!!??

[TeamProg]

22. Take head out of sand and place up ass.. nt

[louis-t]

23. No, fake Democrats are infuriating. When the party you caucus with

manages to weasel their way back into power, then you can worry about someone else's 'priorities'. For now, you know nothing about what will "weaken" this country. Your orange god did a pretty good job of ignoring the country's needs for 4 years.

[Lasher]

25. "...a clear and bipartisan rejection of the rule from Congress..."

Three Democrats joined Republicans. Two in the Senate and one in the House. A total of three. If that's bipartisan it's not by much.

[Polybius]

26. Who are the other two?

Now I'm curious.

[BumRushDaShow]

44. The other Senator was Jon Tester (D-MT)

and the House member was Jared Golden (ME-2).

Joe Biden’s first veto takes on Republicans’ war on “woke capitalism”

Biden has officially blocked an anti-ESG resolution pushed by the GOP.
By Li [e-mail] Mar 20, 2023, 1:35pm EDT


President Joe Biden has officially issued his first veto, blocking a Republican effort to stop retirement fund managers from considering environmental and social concerns — or ESG — in their investments. “There is extensive evidence showing that environmental, social, and governance factors can have a material impact on markets, industries, and businesses,” Biden wrote in a message to the House accompanying his decision.

The veto was inevitable, but changing the rule was never Republicans’ main goal. Instead, they sought to frame this specific approach to investing — and the administration’s support of it — as “woke,” in an attempt to make it the centerpiece of their latest culture war.

(snip)

Below is a list of the issues that Republicans have targeted in this way — and where they stand:

ESG rule: Both the House and the Senate have passed a resolution rolling back the Labor Department rule that allows investors overseeing retirement funds to consider ESG factors. One House Democrat — Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) — and two Senate Democrats — Sens. Jon Tester (D-MT) and Joe Manchin (D-WV), both of whom represent battleground states — joined Republicans in supporting the resolution, which Biden is now expected to veto.

(snip)

https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/3/20/23643243/joe-biden-veto-esg-republicans-woke-capitalism

[turbinetree]

30. Let me understand this from this "senator"....

environmental.....is everything around us the main item in the word is air, water to survive and if they are corrupted well we die...

Social......see above........ everything is social and I mean social......

governance .....see above if we have no social or environmental we have nothing.....what an idiot....

[Marcuse]

31. This performance by Sen. Joe Manchin, (D-WVa, the D stands for ....) is an audition for his next job.

[sakabatou]

32. We get it, Manchin, you're in the pocket of Big Coal

[paleotn]

36. I find the fact that Manchin breaths oxygen to be absolutely infuriating.

Maybe he should do us all a favor and stop.

[Cheezoholic]

37. I hope he doesn't throw his fake yacht captains hat

into the 2024 presidential ring, especially as an Indy.

[PurgedVoter]

38. Yeah, cause Munchkin would never use his position to veto anything that would help our country.

Munchkin is one of the reasons we can't have nice things.

[TNNurse]

39. Yes, how does he dare to things that make people's lives better???

Protecting the environment, creating jobs, so many awful things.

Manchin declared himself an old-style southern democrat....you know the wealthy, racist, asshole kind.

[onecaliberal]

40. Apologists and alerts will be along.

[GreenWave]

42. What's killing America is the Epipen scandal that needs investigation.

[slightlv]

43. Am I missing something?

All this rule does is allow everything to be considered when it comes to portfolios, correct? Or am I missing something?

[Butterflylady]

45. Awe......is manchin upset.

Tough titties.

[AZLD4Candidate]

51. He'a a Democrat and I'm supposed to follow the rules. Am I allowed to say what I think

about this narcissistic, ego driven, DINO gadfly?

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

56. +1

[The Unmitigated Gall]

53. Manchin angry? I think I'm aroused.

[flamingdem]

55. Go Joe!

Manchin is toast. According to an interview he even thinks he can run for POTUS, lol.

[newdayneeded]

57. Man these Republicans always

ridicule Biden over everything! Always spinning Biden's words and reasons and .......What's that? Manchin's a democrat?

[Emile]

58. Now Manchin knows how the democratic party feels about him, absolutely infuriating!