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OnDoutside

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7. And yet if he had voted with the GOP, the American Rescue Plan would have been defeated. He's

Reply to Miguelito Loveless (Reply #5)

Sat Mar 20, 2021, 07:26 PM

Mar 2021

in a deep Red State, having won by just 19,000 votes in 2018. That's the reality, and he's there when Democrats need him most. It's easy for the likes of AOC, Tlaib etc to give you all the progressive soothing you demand, but Manchin is in an R+39 State !!! Some perspective is warranted.

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Joe Manchin's filibuster demands might end up making Republican obstruction even worse [View all] marmar Mar 2021 OP

Could we stop describing Manchin as any kind of "centrist"? Miguelito Loveless Mar 2021 #1

He's a Democrat. Cheap shots like that are silly when he voted for the Covid Bill. Give him OnDoutside Mar 2021 #3

The guy is tight with the NRA Miguelito Loveless Mar 2021 #5

And yet if he had voted with the GOP, the American Rescue Plan would have been defeated. He's OnDoutside Mar 2021 #7

He's not a right-wing conservative. He is a conservative democrat. There's a big Politicub Mar 2021 #8

dont blame republican intransigence and obstructive behavior on manchin. its all on them. bullimiami Mar 2021 #2

Add WV and Arizona Etherealoc1 Mar 2021 #4

Personally, i just wish he wouldn't discuss this at all. bluestarone Mar 2021 #6