Democratic Joe Manchin isn’t especially conservative, but he does seem have a decent good idea about how his constituents feel about certain things.
Like Build Back Better, for example. Manchin, likely anticipating some very pissed-off West Virginians, isn’t all aboard the BBB train like so many of his fellow Democrats are.
And because of one man, Joe Manchin, Joe Biden’s entire agenda may be getting scrapped.
Via ABC News, the AP reports (if you can call this “reporting”):
A single senator is about to seriously set back an entire presidential agenda. https://t.co/0pvzruT6mV
— ABC News (@ABC) December 17, 2021
How can this be allowed to happen in a democracy? How can the fate of all Americans be decided by just one single man?
And, even more importantly, how can a media outlet consider themselves to be a serious journalistic endeavor when this is the sort of crap they put out for the public?
You seem to have forgotten at least 50 other no votes.
— TJWFW (@icouldbeahacker) December 17, 2021
Actually, 51 senators are about to do that.
— Eric H. (@ericinva) December 17, 2021
@FarnoushAmiri 1+50 = 51
— Patrick (@PMC713) December 17, 2021
51 senators.
— LifeNews.com (@LifeNewsHQ) December 17, 2021
1. So?
2. It's actually 51 Senators (and there's probably more but only these 51 will vote no). https://t.co/ecOTTinegM
— RBe (@RBPundit) December 17, 2021
https://twitter.com/charlescwcooke/status/1471861798185975816
51 senators, actually. Don’t the woke kids call this erasure? https://t.co/qdOd94bXxI
— Rachael Larimore (@RachaelBL) December 17, 2021
https://twitter.com/GeckoVox/status/1471870909686366215
This is so ignorant inappropriate.
1) It's at least 51 (or 52) Senators that are opposing the bill.
2) Why is passing Dem proposals constantly framed as a good thing and blocking them as a problem?
Was the AP concerned when Republicans were one vote short of repealing ACA? https://t.co/274YasOIOo
— AG (@AGHamilton29) December 17, 2021
Democratic policies = good. Republican policies = bad. It’s simple, really.
Oddly, you hackish clowns, a Senator's job is to represent his state, not merely rubber stamp the current Dem president's agenda.
— Physics Geek (@physicsgeek) December 17, 2021
Dems are expected to rubber-stamp the Democratic president’s agenda. It’s different when the president is a Republican:
If thwarting GOP president: “Maverick senator votes with majority to keep presidential power in check”
— Razor (@hale_razor) December 17, 2021
Absolutely.
u mad bro? https://t.co/7y7oWWGAIT
— Jeff Blehar is *BOX OFFICE POISON* (@EsotericCD) December 17, 2021
They’re furious.
You love to see it. https://t.co/pzVo7oUaMW
— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) December 17, 2021
Thoughts and prayers.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) December 17, 2021
