Current Events > Republican Joe Manchin will vote NO to codifying abortion rights

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https://thehill.com/news/senate/3484601-manchin-to-oppose-democratic-bill-guaranteeing-abortion-access/

I am shocked that noted right-wing piece of shit is being a right-wing piece of shit

Vote Blue NO MATTER WHO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AablMind posted...

Vote Blue NO MATTER WHO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I mean, 50 Republicans voted no, 49 democrats voted yes, and 1 Democrat voted no.

Getting more Democrats in the office is the right move.

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No matter WHOOOO!!!!!!!!

Isn't he a Dem?

TheRealDill2K22 posted...

Isn't he a Dem?

He's a DINO

TheRealDill2K22 posted...

Isn't he a Dem?

Thats the premise of the joke, yes.

Why not?

Manchin and Sinema should just join the GOP already, they are barely Democrats.

AablMind posted...

Vote Blue NO MATTER WHO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I mean a republican would have been just as bad. Maybe slightly worse

What exactly does Manchin believe that even makes him a democrat?

manwich went along with some things at first. but then he's become a massive thorn in passing anything that would benefit humanity.

CrimsonAngel posted...

What exactly does Manchin believe that even makes him a democrat?

Everything is relative. The right wing party in his state has shifted so far to the right that the Democrats are basically right leaning moderates as a baseline.

Nancy Pelosi: "We need a strong Republican party."

Maybe you should worry about the state of your own party.

Remember that Joe Biden's #1 selling point in the debates is that he was the political insider who could "unity" and get things done. He repeatedly insisted that he was the head of the Democrat party.

His own party isn't unified.

DarkChozoGhost posted...

I mean a republican would have been just as bad. Maybe slightly worse

50 Dems means Schumer runs the Senate. 51 Republicans means McConnell runs it.

coward

CrimsonAngel posted...

What exactly does Manchin believe that even makes him a democrat?

Manchin is a relic from a time when you had moderate and strong Republicans and Democrats and the strong Republicans and Democrats were a minority in both parties. Manchin is a moderate Democrat from that time.

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reading this I can't help but be amazed at how awful the democrats are. The only reason people put up with them is the opposition is so comically evil.

Literal blood on his and all the other no votes' hands

He's so brave

The existence of Democrats like Joe Manchin broadly undermines the Democratic brand. The Republican Party, by and large, has clear goals and generally does a good job of pursuing those (terrible, nefarious) ends.

The Democrats, meanwhile, are such an absurdly big tent that they cannot even be united on what is (at least according to polling) a political slam dunk that the party supposedly supports: protecting access to abortions. The vote itself was always going to fail, but the Democrats were decrying protests and (fictional) violence by their base as well, because mostly they're repulsed by the idea of peasants invading their upper class enclaves and protesting outside their mansions. They're entirely out-of-touch, and the one thing they are good at is punching left.

If the shoe were on the other foot, you would have Republican politicians implicitly (and even explicitly) calling for violence, and the party as a whole would generally be cheering the protests on to whip up enthusiasm.