LOL.
Dem Sen. Joe Manchin in West Virginia has a new ad out in support of Republican David McKinley who is running against incumbent Republican Alex Mooney in the state’s second congressional district.
From RRH Elections:
“Lots to unpack here: Joe Manchin (D) cuts an ad for David McKinley (R), defending McKinley against allegations that he supported the BBB bill that Manchin killed. McKinley/Manchin supported the smaller infrastructure bill, which Alex Mooney (R) opposed.”
Lots to unpack here: Joe Manchin (D) cuts an ad for David McKinley (R), defending McKinley against allegations that he supported the BBB bill that Manchin killed. McKinley/Manchin supported the smaller infrastructure bill, which Alex Mooney (R) opposed. https://t.co/1qKioRHuUp
— RRH Elections (@RRHElections) May 1, 2022
Let’s just say libs will not be amused by it. Watch for yourself:
lol Joe Manchin brags about sinking Build Back Better in an ad he just cut for a Republican candidate for Congress.
Democrats were never going to get this guy on board for any part of their agenda. pic.twitter.com/0ILc2pScCu
— Jordan Zakarin (@jordanzakarin) May 1, 2022
Maybe Dems are “lurching to the right” because they want to win elections and voters are already there?
Manchin and Sinema are the most egregious and shameless examples but a lot of other Democrats are lurching to the right, as if conservative media won’t call them communist groomers who want to replace white people with Mexican kids anyway. https://t.co/LWnGeYd9Sg
— Jordan Zakarin (@jordanzakarin) May 1, 2022
More from RRH Elections:
“McKinley and Mooney are facing off in a member-v-member primary in #WV2. WV is perhaps the only state where an R would ever tout support from a Dem–even a popular one like Manchin–in a semi-closed primary.”
McKinley and Mooney are facing off in a member-v-member primary in #WV2. WV is perhaps the only state where an R would ever tout support from a Dem–even a popular one like Manchin–in a semi-closed primary.
— RRH Elections (@RRHElections) May 1, 2022
No, we suspect not:
“And separate from #WV2, we can’t imagine many Dems are thrilled to see Manchin taking a victory lap in a GOP ad, boasting about killing Biden’s signature legislation as their window to pass anything resembling progressive legislation continues to slam shut!”
And separate from #WV2, we can't imagine many Dems are thrilled to see Manchin taking a victory lap in a GOP ad, boasting about killing Biden's signature legislation as their window to pass anything resembling progressive legislation continues to slam shut! pic.twitter.com/7oIy9QGeok
— RRH Elections (@RRHElections) May 1, 2022
Registered Dems, however, can’t vote in the primary:
“Running an ad touting an endorsement from a Democrat in a semi-closed GOP primary is certainly a bold strategy. There’re lots of registered Dems in West Virginia who routinely vote GOP. They cannot vote in the #WV02 GOP primary & Republicans who can probably don’t like Manchin.”
Running an ad touting an endorsement from a Democrat in a semi-closed GOP primary is certainly a bold strategy. There're lots of registered Dems in West Virginia who routinely vote GOP. They cannot vote in the #WV02 GOP primary & Republicans who can probably don't like Manchin.
— RRH Elections (@RRHElections) May 1, 2022
But, not so fast! As the WaPo’s David Weigel points out, Republicans “have been re-registering tons and tons of D voters” and “Thousands of them in the electorate who weren’t there even two years ago”:
But the Rs have been re-registering tons and tons of D voters. Thousands of them in the electorate who weren’t there even two years ago.
— David Weigel (@daveweigel) May 1, 2022
The primary is Tuesday, May 10. Stay tuned. . .
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