Joe Manchin clarifies his position on $2,000 stimulus checks

[octoberlib]

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STIMULUS: @Sen_JoeManchin office clarifies to @laurapdavison that he is not opposed to $2,000 checks. Will evaluate package when proposed. Doesn’t think it first priority

[dweller]

1. Phone been ringing Joe ?

🤔

✌🏻

[Kid Berwyn]

3. Off the hook.

Whew. That was close.

[CatWoman]

7. LOL!!!!

[mr_lebowski]

2. Thats' good to hear. I suppose it could be argued it's not THE highest priority, if you MUST pick

priorities in this manner.

I'd say getting TREASONOUS TRUMP, and all the rot he's surrounded himself with ... THE FUCK OUT ... is actually the #1 priority ATM.

[vercetti2021]

4. But it should be a priority

WV isnt the only state that is suffering. Vaccine and this will be the biggest things to rebound the country

[ananda]

5. Heh heh

Heard from contituents, I presume.

[KPN]

6. Chuckle.

[Goodheart]

8. THAT's a "clarification"?

With clarifications like that who needs obfuscations?

[BannonsLiver]

9. Joe should keep his eye on the big picture.

He lives in one of the most poverty stricken states in the country. I suspect his constituents will be very displeased if he stands in the way. $2k will buy rent, food, opioids.

[PatSeg]

10. Ha, ha, ha!!!

He might want to think next time before he opens his mouth!

[NightWatcher]

11. He said the biggest concern should be getting as many vaccines out.

but would be open to a promise of federal spending in WV (maybe a SpaceForce base)

- my words, not his.

[unblock]

12. He's just trying to get some pork for it.

And if it takes a lot of pork to keep that seat blue, I'm all for it.

[Skraxx]

14. He's Old School Politician

But we can work with him, and I trust Schumer knows how to move him. But our pressure is now PROVEN to be significant AND effective on Manchin! This is a good thing.

[Skraxx]

13. Good! This Makes Me Hopeful He Won't Be Another Lieberman and He WILL Respond to Our Pressure!

Glad to hear this, and good on you Joe for listening to your constituents. Look, I'm no huge fan of Manchin, but you take what you get from WV, at least we can work with him and reason with him and pressure him. Again, I'm hopeful this is a sign he won't be another Lieberman, who was just a ratfucking mole for the GOP and I hope he rots in hell.

[pecosbob]

15. Yes, we know your first priority has never been West Virginian's welfare...thanks for the reminder.

[Fiendish Thingy]

16. Murkowski tweets about leaving GOP, Manchin suddenly needs to "clarify"...hmmm.

You don't want to become irrelevant now, do you Joe?

[Karma13612]

17. Excellent!

For awhile there, I was steaming mad about his earlier comments.

Also glad to hear that we can work with him. We need to have a very united front in the Senate on as much as possible. Georgia didn’t turn blue just so we could still be in the minority with voting going against our best interests!!