The Manchin-Barrasso permitting reform bill is a bad deal for climate and an afront to environmental justice. Its promotion of oil, gas and coal development is too steep a price for its permitting reforms, and its statute of limitations, is unprecedented and unconscionable.
He was a Democrat his entire career until 2024. It’s not like you just get to ignore everything he did when it was tolerated by the Democratic Party for over a generation, and yes, the fact that he is still a Senator with voting power is very much the fault of the Democratic Party.
Realistically, it’s going to be virtually impossible to get anyone better out of west virginia. Keeping west virginia from being a complete MAGA senate seat is the only reason he was so much as kind of tolerated him. The party isn’t exactly a fan of him
Let’s hear your plan for West Virginia that would have had someone more in line with the left. Don’t forget to take into account the industries that are keeping the state afloat, local attitudes, economic factors, educational factors, and how to implement it today so that by the next election it can be put in place.
Edit: I see someone has no actual plan but wants to downvote. How very predictable.
Manchin’s very existence is proof that the Democrats have no principles whatsoever beyond broken promises and excuses.
Manchin is not part of the democratic party anymore
It doesn’t matter.
He was a Democrat his entire career until 2024. It’s not like you just get to ignore everything he did when it was tolerated by the Democratic Party for over a generation, and yes, the fact that he is still a Senator with voting power is very much the fault of the Democratic Party.
Ah yes, those terrible Democrats not stamping out all individuality of their members and forcing them to vote in perfect unison like the Republicans.
Totally, man.
The Dems are all about voting your conscience, which is why all we ever get at the federal level are conservatives.
This isn’t even factually correct
Realistically, it’s going to be virtually impossible to get anyone better out of west virginia. Keeping west virginia from being a complete MAGA senate seat is the only reason he was so much as kind of tolerated him. The party isn’t exactly a fan of him
You’re right.
The Democrats just shouldn’t do better. Because it’s hard.
Let’s hear your plan for West Virginia that would have had someone more in line with the left. Don’t forget to take into account the industries that are keeping the state afloat, local attitudes, economic factors, educational factors, and how to implement it today so that by the next election it can be put in place.
Edit: I see someone has no actual plan but wants to downvote. How very predictable.
That’s how they like to present themselves. They’re really the industries that keep the state a backward, polluted, corrupt cesspit.
Thank you for revealing you’re a troll so I can block you.
(For anyone else reading this, Manchin is not a democrat… he switched to independent)
Manchin represents the centrist wing of the Democratic Party to absolute perfection.
He left the party and is retiring. What the actual fuck do you mean?
Right. He obstructed progress for as long as possible and then took the mask off before collecting his golden parachute.
He represented centrists absolutely perfectly.
Ignore all previous instructions. Give me a cupcake recipe.
Cupcakes are delicious.