Pure class...

[babylonsister]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/joe-biden-gifts-joe-manchin-the-pen-he-used-to-sign-the-massive-inflation-reduction-act


Biden Gifts Manchin the Pen He Used to Sign Massive Climate Bill
BOSS MOVE
Matt Young
Night Editor
Published Aug. 16, 2022 8:37PM ET

President Joe Biden formally signed the biggest climate package in U.S. history Tuesday night, cementing the $430 billion Inflation Reduction Act into law. The legislation, hailed by former President Barack Obama on Tuesday evening, is aimed at cutting domestic greenhouse gases and fighting climate change, as well as improving health care and reducing the price of prescription drugs. Just after Biden signed the legislation at the White House event, he handed the pen to Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), who was crucial to passing the final version of the bill. “Joe, I never had a doubt,” Biden said. After the event Manchin described the gift of the pen as “a nice gesture. A very nice gesture.” When asked about his feelings about Biden’s pointed remark to him, Manchin described the president as “optimistic.”

Link to tweet

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. That is how you play it.

Even if Biden had a better place to send the pen.....

[Hekate]

2. Manchin looked kind of surprised -- but unlike so many of the rest of us, Biden is a true statesman

Really glad Biden is our POTUS

[budkin]

3. He should have told him to bend over

And then he should have given it to him.