{"id":57750,"date":"2024-12-24T09:31:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T14:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=57750"},"modified":"2024-12-24T09:31:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T14:31:11","slug":"joe-manchin-burns-his-bridges-on-the-way-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=57750","title":{"rendered":"Joe Manchin Burns His Bridges On The Way Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Sunday, Red State<\/a> posted an article about a few of Senator Joe Manchin’s statements as he is leaving the Senate. He is definitely burning a few bridges.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV) is still bitter about how his ex-party treated him, and he’s wearing that animosity on his sleeve. In an interview<\/a> that aired Sunday, the soon-to-be ex-senator sat down with CNN and set the Democratic Party on fire, calling it “toxic.” Manchin also took a clear shot at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and what is left of “the squad.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe D-brand has been so maligned from the standpoint of, it\u2019s just, it\u2019s toxic,\u201d Manchin told CNN\u2019s Manu Raju in an interview airing Sunday, citing the shift as the reason why he left the party. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Adding that he no longer considers himself a Democrat \u201cin the form of what Democratic Party has turned itself into,\u201d Manchin \u2014 who has long been a pivotal swing vote in the Senate \u2014 said the party\u2019s brand has become about telling people what they can and can\u2019t do, blaming progressives for the change. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThey have basically expanded upon thinking, \u2018Well, we want to protect you there, but we\u2019re going to tell you how you should live your life from that far on,\u2019\u201d Manchin added. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Manchin cast progressives \u2014 a small number of lawmakers within the party who he claims have an outsize influence \u2014 as being out of touch with the majority of Americans. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThis country is not going left,\u201d he said. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

…He added: \u201cYou might say, \u2018That\u2019s too far right.\u2019 OK. If that\u2019s the case, then why did they go too far right when Kamala was trying to come back to the middle a little bit?\u201d \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Instead, Manchin blamed Vice President Harris\u2019 loss on her inability to cast herself as a moderate candidate after championing progressive issues<\/a> during her first presidential run in 2019. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIf you try to be somebody you\u2019re not, it\u2019s hard,\u201d Manchin said. He declined to endorse the vice president<\/a> ahead of the election. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

Manchin will likely retire for good after leaving the Senate in January. His desire to run for governor in West Virginia appears to have been quelled, and he can forever say “I told you so” to the former colleagues who stabbed him in the back.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Senator Manchin was never a reliable vote for either the Democrats or the Republicans. He eventually caved on the Inflation Reduction Act after he was promised something regarding permitting on energy. The Democrats eventually reneged on that promise, which might explain some of his hostility toward the party. Generally speaking, he was a good middle-or-the-road Senator who voted with his party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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