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NQAS

(10,749 posts)
1. Didn't I see a post here earlier...
Sat May 29, 2021, 02:03 PM
May 2021

Quoting manchin as say I believe republicans are his friends and Democrats are his colleagues.

His friends are an existential threat to our country. Choose sides, you coward.

brush

(53,741 posts)
4. I would guess Joe Biden is working on Manchin with proposals for...
Sat May 29, 2021, 02:14 PM
May 2021

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shovel-ready infrastructure projects with thousands of good jobs for his state is he agrees to help get rid of the filibuster. I say if he still persists in his determination to keep the filibuster, which has broken the Senate, strip the naive fool of his power and committee assignments. ,His usefulness and 15 minutes are up.

And I'm being kind by calling him a naive fool as he just might be gaslighting us all and is really DINO in actuality.

Do the same with Sinema.

malaise

(268,693 posts)
5. Get thee to the greatest page
Sat May 29, 2021, 02:15 PM
May 2021

Time for Manchin to wake the fuck up! Apologies don't work for sedition - there must be consequences.

OrlandoDem2

(2,065 posts)
6. Republicans are laughing as they kick dirt in our face. They aren't even hiding it.
Sat May 29, 2021, 02:21 PM
May 2021

The question is what are we going to do about it?

I say we start playing hardball with Manchin and Nochin (mcconnell). We need to punish Manchin hard!!

kentuck

(111,052 posts)
7. Manchin needs to understand that his position is stronger than McConnell's ....
Sat May 29, 2021, 02:28 PM
May 2021

...before the people of West Virginia. (We cannot forget that W VA is a strong Trump state)

But, Manchin, by supporting the Commission, has the stronger argument.

He should make it.

Midnight Writer

(21,712 posts)
8. It's something we will ALL have to live with, Senator.
Sat May 29, 2021, 02:50 PM
May 2021

The thing is, they have a choice.

We, as the majority of American citizens, do not.

markie

(22,756 posts)
9. you might say...
Sat May 29, 2021, 04:06 PM
May 2021

Manchin is putting politics above the health of democracy... he is either willfully ignorant, a coward or has secrets he doesn't want to get out???

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