Rep. Ocasio-Cortez On Manchin: An Egregious Breach Of The Trust Of The President (MSNBC)

[ItsjustMe]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, joins Morning Joe to share her reaction to Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., announcing Sunday that he will not vote for President Joe Biden's Build Back Better Act.

[Tomconroy]

1. It's as bad as if he had voted against the Infrastructure Bill!

[ariadne0614]

2. Thanks for posting!

Is it okay if I add the link to your OP to my OP?

[ItsjustMe]

4. Do as you wish

[Lovie777]

3. Helping the USA get back economy wise, including well paying jobs and benefits . . ..

voting no on what Manchin retrofitted to his liken is illogical.

Greed, money and power is the GQP way, and that my friends I come to the conclusion is why he is voting no. It's not about inflation which is slowly dissipating, and BBB was help wipe it out. The Democratic Party is a big tent, but shit, this is in your face "fuck you" USA from Manchin courtesy of the GQP.

[llashram]

5. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez

is one of the sharpest tools we have in Congress at this time. It is well worth my time to listen to her. And I did not trust her in the beginning. I thought she was in it to be just a pretty face. I could not have been more wrong.

[vanlassie]

12. Boy it's great to hear this said.

If you haven’t already, watch the documentary that was made when she was running for Congress. That clearly shows she is serious as a heart attack!

[llashram]

13. I will

[cilla4progress]

16. Good on ya for coming around

and owning up. I agree - she's a major player!

Just because a woman (or a man) is beautiful doesn't mean they don't also have brains!

[Walleye]

6. I really like her. She's a smart savvy New Yorker

A rising star in politics. You can tell it’s her calling not just a job. And she’s a very good Democrat. I’d vote for her for anything

[benfranklin1776]

23. Yes she shows how it must be done!

She is the future of our party as she possesses the same great intellect, insight and ability to succinctly help people understand and demand that beneficial legislation which will improve their lives be passed that FDR, JFK, and LBJ possessed. However she uses those skills in her own uniquely effective way 👏

[Walleye]

26. Agree with that. Hope I live long enough to see her become president

[benfranklin1776]

28. Me too!

[underpants]

7. Thanks. I'd seen a post about this but now we have the video.

Thanks.

[malaise]

8. Love her

Thanks

[Budi]

9. Man, Waleed's been busy!

[Me.]

10. INdeed

[LittleGirl]

11. I hope someday to vote for her

I don’t live in her district but she would make an awesome first female President!

[Autumn]

14. I think she would make a great Speaker of the House.

[LittleGirl]

18. Maybe that should be first? :-) eom

[Autumn]

19. I'm good with that. Then on to the White House

[LittleGirl]

29. Works for me! eom

[SmittyWerben]

15. How? What, specifically is her plan? How would she force Manchin to vote yes?

This is all on Manchin. He lied to the President and the party. If the bills had not been separated, as I recall, nothing would have passed. The idea that Manchin would have been forced to pass the legislation when it was all one bill is laughable. Half got done, the other half he lied about. He would have sunk the legislation in toto if it had been presented that way. What would AOC have done differently to force Manchin to vote how she wanted? I want specifics. This is not a democratic leadership problem (although it is best to frame it that way if you want to take over the leadership), it is a Manchin problem and he does not give a fuck about anyone but himself and his donors. Period.

[Autumn]

20. Did she say she would force Manchin to vote yes? I may have missed that. What she has said is...

"Biden needs to lean on his executive authority now. He has been delaying and underutilizing it so far. There is an enormous amount he can do on climate, student debt, immigration, cannabis, health care, and more.

Time is running out - we need to move and use alternative paths."

And there are alternative paths. Period.

[cilla4progress]

17. Here

Link to tweet

?t=oDGCrBQQoBlLen8-w6yWmQ&s=19

[Walleye]

27. The staff got snippy with him so he's punishing the poor children in West Virginia?

[UCmeNdc]

21. K&R

[KG]

22. smartest person in most any room

[DLevine]

24. K&R

[cstanleytech]

25. In other words he pulled a Lieberman.