Joe Manchin Shows Senate Dems Why he is the Voice of Reason
Senator Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia showed why he is the voice of reason among Senate Democrats by pushing back against calls to pack the court and end the filibuster.
According to The Daily Caller:
Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin said Wednesday that he opposes packing the Supreme Court or ending the Senate filibuster and urged his Democratic colleagues to be “bipartisan.”
Advertisement“I do not believe that would help anybody,” Manchin told “Fox & Friends” when asked if he would favor adding more seats to the Supreme Court or ending filibusters in the Senate.
“Basically, no one is working together,” the senator said, noting that packing the Supreme Court could be a chronic game of tit for tat: “you have 11 or 13 [seats] it’s going to flip the other way no matter who comes in power. So why would you go down that path?” Manchin asked.
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The senator also said that if the Democrats controlled the White House in 2020 and could nominate a Supreme Court justice, he is “sure there would be a push to shove somebody through.”
It remains unclear if Manchin will vote for the next Supreme Court nominee but he did vote for both Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch.
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Ya get rational dems sometimes. Rare but it happens.
HIDEN BIDEN WON’T COME OUT TO PLAY.
We won’t know if he is truly reasonable until he votes. Many Democrats pretend to be moderates until time to vote; then they vote in lockstep for the liberal position. We can count the number of “moderate” Democrat Senators as the number who vote for the qualified centrist judge that President Trump appoints. Ruling according to the law and Constitution isn’t right wing; it’s the centrist position.
Exactly right !!!
A hundred dollar bill is laying on the ground in a park. Santa Claus, a street bum, and an honest Democrat come upon it. Who ends up with the $100 bill? Obviously the street bum, because the other two are fictional characters.
I don’t remember, did Manchin vote to Impeach the President? Did He support Kavanaugh for the SCOTUS? Does he vote lock step with Nasty Nancy? Do you trust any Democrat at this time in history?
Why would anyone with any personal honor at all stay in the democrat party,jump ship and join in with the republicans.
If joe isn;t up for re-election, you can’t count on him to be reasonable, or anything else but democrat.
Afarid you might be right Larry !!
Time for Joe Manchin to stop pretending he is one of these liberal democrats and realize that his home is in the GOP
Manchin, sadly, is a blue dog democrat, a severely endangered species.
If he’s truly “rational,” he will vote for Amy Barrett. We’ll see (but don’t hold your breath!).