Time for Democrats to cut ties with Joe Manchin

[lapucelle]

49. It was President Biden's number on October 1.

Someone at the Democratic caucus meeting on October 23 kept insisting on a different number.

Biden is a seasoned negotiator. Anyone who does not fully understand the tactics and strategies of negotiation should listen and learn.

Joe Biden is president. Anyone not on board with the deal he has hammered out is an obstacle. Anyone.

And anyone spinning $1.75 trillion in social and environmental spending as a loss may be advancing some agenda, but it's not President Biden's.

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Here are the facts:
- Joe Manchin has a 100% rate of voting with the President.
- Progressive legislators do not have a 100% rate of voting with the President.
- Joe Biden told the Democratic caucus on October 1 that the number would be in the neighborhood of $1.9 trillion to $2.3 trillion.
- The junior senator from VT was still talking about a $3 - $6 trillion dollar package at a caucus meeting on October 23, despite what President Joe Biden had said.
- The junior senator from VT aid on State of the Union (CNN) on October 31 that he still wasn't satisfied with the package.