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25. Nope, he's perfectly happy being a Democrat.

Sun Mar 7, 2021, 03:46 PM

Mar 2021

People seem to know little about Manchin and his political situation in WV.

He would never win a Republican primary so there's exactly zero reason for him to switch. The talk of him doing so is simply off-base.

Also, he's not "very conservative". He's a moderate. He votes with Dems 75-80% of the time.

https://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Joe_Manchin_III.htm

https://projects.propublica.org/represent/members/M001183/votes-against-party/115

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Manchin's Committee assignments [View all] russ1943 Mar 2021 OP

Here is what I would do... caber09 Mar 2021 #1

Let me clarify... caber09 Mar 2021 #14

Do You Have A Source For That? Me. Mar 2021 #22

Great look BGBD Mar 2021 #15

that he supports the covid relief bill and $15 min wage msongs Mar 2021 #16

Lmao BGBD Mar 2021 #20

It's obvious that he is a very conservative democrat Tree Lady Mar 2021 #3

Winner bottomofthehill Mar 2021 #7

Yes, but the President still got 1.9 trillion to help bottomofthehill Mar 2021 #27

I miss the area too and Jim McGovern is a good man CentralMass Mar 2021 #28

Nope, he's perfectly happy being a Democrat. TwilightZone Mar 2021 #25

And the relief package is fine...a hell of a bill! Demsrule86 Mar 2021 #12

Not Tanden, his expected no forced her to be pulled bottomofthehill Mar 2021 #9

I think... Mike Nelson Mar 2021 #8

Now the relief bill has passed. russ1943 Mar 2021 #24

The worst way to deal with Manchin is to penalize him Raven123 Mar 2021 #11

I am just thankful we won those two seats in Georgia Hokie Mar 2021 #21