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In reply to the discussion: Joe Manchin is Right. [View all]

Fiendish Thingy

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15. No he's not. Bullshit article from self described "TheoCon".
Tue Jun 8, 2021, 06:03 PM
Jun 2021

The bill was written to withstand court challenges.

The author of this article does not share pro-democracy values.

Anyone who opposes HR1 is an enabler of Jim Crow 2.0

Joe Manchin is Right. [View all] BGBD Jun 2021 OP
I had no clue that this bill was so flawed ...thanks! Demsrule86 Jun 2021 #1
This is a brave post and people should read the article. I still don't like Manchin not setting ... uponit7771 Jun 2021 #2
Joe Manchin is wrong... dmacdon4 Jun 2021 #3
How do you know? GoodRaisin Jun 2021 #6
I read the article and I agree the article is Republican propaganda. LonePirate Jun 2021 #11
Lol BGBD Jun 2021 #19
Seems at worst, merely a corollary to the piece offered in the OP LanternWaste Jun 2021 #20
I read the article too, but I haven't read the bill. GoodRaisin Jun 2021 #21
being a yahoo opinion piece should be your first clue krawhitham Jun 2021 #27
Why? GoodRaisin Jun 2021 #32
Perhaps, but he should be specific... Blanks Jun 2021 #4
it was interesting, FoxNewsSucks Jun 2021 #5
NO budkin Jun 2021 #7
Lawrence featured some of these arguments on his program last night greenman3610 Jun 2021 #8
Manchin was a cosponsor for the For The People Act wellst0nev0ter Jun 2021 #9
He was in 2019, but is no longer a co-sponsor. Nt Fiendish Thingy Jun 2021 #17
So what made him change his mind? wellst0nev0ter Jun 2021 #25
WTF? That has nothing to do with HR1. Nt Fiendish Thingy Jun 2021 #26
HR1 is the For The People Act wellst0nev0ter Jun 2021 #30
Yes...your point? Not Fiendish Thingy Jun 2021 #31
Walk me through it wellst0nev0ter Jun 2021 #33
A large check from the Koch bros? It didn't have anything to do with defunding police. Nt Fiendish Thingy Jun 2021 #35
"Flip flop" BGBD Jun 2021 #37
That article is exceptionally short-sighted, misinformed and biased. It needs to be ignored. LonePirate Jun 2021 #10
The irony BGBD Jun 2021 #28
If you don't support majority rule, you don't support democracy in this country. LonePirate Jun 2021 #34
Absurd BGBD Jun 2021 #36
You are making a massive (and incorrect) assumption that regular changes of control are coming. LonePirate Jun 2021 #38
interesting article but he has no solutions NJCher Jun 2021 #12
Manchin is dead set against one voting rights bill, McConnell is against the other one. Nexus2 Jun 2021 #40
well if he'll fight for the John Lewis Law and not this one, he is right. It's his choice. dem4decades Jun 2021 #13
This article is BS StarfishSaver Jun 2021 #14
No he's not. Bullshit article from self described "TheoCon". Fiendish Thingy Jun 2021 #15
You should delete this OP- RW talking points. Nt Fiendish Thingy Jun 2021 #16
The article leaves the implication that Joe Manchin had critiques of the FTP Act outside of the In It to Win It Jun 2021 #18
Nope JustAnotherGen Jun 2021 #22
Votes were cast in '20 in accordance with the law. Repubs hated the results so they lie as a defense LonePirate Jun 2021 #39
Well He's Certainly Not Acting Like He's Left....nt global1 Jun 2021 #23
Political views In its current incarnation, The New Republic has been unambiguously to the left and Fullduplexxx Jun 2021 #24
How we really should be pressing Joe Manchin right now Goodheart Jun 2021 #29
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