Here’s how you can tell Joe Manchin is spineless
David Freddoso
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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), now facing an almost impossible uphill battle for reelection in 2024, has suddenly decided to start using his influence for something worthwhile, as the Washington Examiner’s Cami Mondeaux reports:
As centrist Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) weighs running for reelection in 2024, the West Virginia senator is extending his hand across the aisle to introduce a slew of bills alongside his GOP counterparts.
All I can think while reading this piece is how funny it is. He never had this impulse back when it might have mattered — when the Senate was 50-50. Back then, he was willing to give in to Biden’s agenda in exchange for nothing but empty promises. Now that the Senate is 51-49, and Democrats don’t need Manchin’s help to move their agenda, only now is he willing to work in a bipartisan fashion. Why now? Because it doesn’t matter anymore.
This is the kind of representation West Virginia has been getting from Manchin ever since his rise to the Senate — the kind that inserts itself into lost causes all for show, because those are the ones that never rock the boat. Otherwise, he puts his party ahead of his state every single time. Recall how, during the debate over Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court, he waited until the Republicans had already come up with the necessary votes to confirm. Only after Kavanaugh was already clearly going to be confirmed did Manchin jump on the bandwagon against the smear-artists who tried to destroy his life.
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In other words, Joe Manchin has no spine.
If West Virginians reelect this snake based on his completely phony pro-life position, they don’t deserve a senator with principles or courage. But you know what? I don’t think they’re going to make that mistake again.