Politico’s Sam Stein said Sen. Jon Manchin’s scuttling of the BBB bill is “just objectively devastating for the planet” and it was the “last best chance at climate change legislation”:
A lot to process on the Manchin news but, from a substantive standpoint, it's just objectively devastating for the planet. The last best chance at climate change legislation is gone
— Sam Stein (@samstein) December 19, 2021
“Objectively,” he says:
A journalist misusing the word “objectively”
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) December 19, 2021
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https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/1472608432867799040
Wait until they discover how little the Green New Dea or whatever was in BBB would affect the rest of the world:
you see, in the fine print, the Build Back Better bill allows the US to invade China and India to make them the 51st and 52nd states, so that they’re obligated to significantly curb their current rate of carbon emissions https://t.co/lsD3449TH9
— siraj hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) December 20, 2021
But, alas, we’ll struggle through somehow:
We will just have to keep prospering and living better lives. Woe is us. https://t.co/dHcm4BU7jy
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) December 20, 2021
It’s a real mystery!
Yes, just shocking that a senator who represents WEST VIRGINIA, where so many of his constituents’ livelihoods would be absolutely wiped out by the Green New Deal, isn’t doing what MSNBC/Politico want him to do. https://t.co/lvLEXpDrrA
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) December 19, 2021
Journos are angrier at Manchin that Dems:
“Media” taking this even harder than other parts of the Democrat Party. https://t.co/vhoyz5D9B6
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) December 19, 2021
Yet, this is where we are:
"Joe Manchin destroyed the planet" is a take from insane anon pro noun twitter accounts. Instead we get it from editors and journalists. https://t.co/2QTxjMtIUW
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) December 19, 2021
“American journalism is such a joke”:
“Devastating for the planet”
American journalism is such a joke. https://t.co/B1Db60i42z— John 'pro-norms' Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) December 19, 2021
But, the good news is, if Stein is right, then we can move on to cheaper legislative programs:
https://twitter.com/foster_type/status/1472710716989845510
Stein then doubled down on this take:
Some conservative pushback to this, but this is objectively true, unless, I suppose, if you don't think climate change is happening or needs addressing https://t.co/9dAdZwigun
— Sam Stein (@samstein) December 19, 2021
Just stop digging:
I'm sorry this has happened to you, Sam. Actually, I'm not. https://t.co/Eom6ibrN5v
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) December 19, 2021
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