B-But Manchin must play to WV... Two names: John Tester and Sherrod Brown

[wellst0nev0ter]

Sherrod Brown is a progressive Democrat who won this red state three times



John Tester is a Democrat in good standing who supports Biden's agenda.

He also won this deep red state three times.



So the moral of the story is that being a Senator from a trumpanzee state doesn't mean you get to be trumpanzee-lite.

Support Biden, or get out.

[msongs]

1. if he had any principles he would do what's best for the country nt

[MontanaMama]

2. As a Montanan

I don’t agree with everything that Jon Tester votes for or against… but I don’t ever doubt that he is a good Democrat with the best interests of Montanans and this country at heart.

[Maru Kitteh]

11. +1

Love that guy, even when I disagree.

[dflprincess]

3. Polls indicate the majority of West Virginians support the BBB Act

so we know it's not the voters of West Virginia he's playing to.

[wellst0nev0ter]

5. Imagine if Democrats acted and campaigned on what's right

Instead of what they think will play well with rightwing voters and donors

[CentralMass]

12. +1

[blm]

4. The infrastructure bill is popular in WV

The programs in Build Back Better are popular across the board with the majority of voters.

Dem groups need to put out full page ads in WV and Az showing the positive poll numbers for these bills.

[wellst0nev0ter]

6. Maybe the Democratic Majority for Israel can do some ad buys

Do something useful with their money for a change.

[bottomofthehill]

7. Trump carried West Virginia by nearly 60 points.

There is a difference.

[wellst0nev0ter]

8. And Democrats won Manchin his seat

You have to be absolutely dog-barking insane to turn against your voters.

[UTUSN]

9. K& big R#5 - sigh I dream of "President Sherrod BROWN" but*NO*! ( "We can't lose his Senate seat!" )

[Bev54]

10. The polls in WV, once the reconciliation bill was explained to them and how it was paid for,

the people are 70% for the deal. It is not the people he is listening to, it is his donors.

[librechik]

13. Exactly. That's how we know Manchin's true motivation. His Donors

Not his constituents. And that "entitlement society" crap is from the age of Davy Crockett. How many folks in WV are on SS or some other kind of miserly assistance. He should be asking for more, for sure. What a rat.