Hillary posted this about West Virginia

[iemanja]

Link to tweet

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The message is clear. Joe Manchin is wrong.

[JI7]

1. Manchin is saying they use the money for drugs

[ShazzieB]

11. Yes, and Manchin needs to stop spouting classist b.s.

P.S. I wish to hell autocorrect would stop trying to change "classist" to "classiest."

[GB_RN]

37. I'd Say It's More Of A Nod To...

Reagan’s racist, dog-whistle, “welfare queen” bullshit. He knows what he’s saying because this is crap has been spewed by the Reichwingers over Medicaid and Welfare for decades (including implementing drug testing requirements).

[Magoo48]

41. He's a corrupt prick who doesn't give a shit about his constituents.

He will never change.

He will only do right if enough pressure is applied.

Apparently, WV citizens, as well as other Senate Dems, must apply much more pressure.

[wnylib]

45. I think you are right about

the nod to Raygun and welfare queens. The comparison came to my mind as soon as I heard Manchin say it.

[3auld6phart]

24. And

that would be in his daughters line of work.She is
the one that works a drug company. Jacked up the
price for the I-pen asthma drug??

[liberal N proud]

2. Manchin doesn't represent the people of West Virginia

Unless they are a corporation

[gratuitous]

20. I've been told that corporations are people

By a "reasonable" Republican Senator. From Utah, I believe. I wonder why the oh-so-reasonable Sen. Romney isn't backing Build Back Better? Or the very concerned Sen. Collins? Or any other Senator in the Republican caucus? Is it really a good re-election strategy to vote against the will of the people?

[ampm]

35. yes

Maybe this is the message. So this can be used on Joe M. like are these the people you're talking about because the rest of the real people in your state disagree.

[ampm]

36. yes

Maybe this is the message. So this can be used on Joe M. like are these the people you're talking about because the rest of the real people in your state disagree.

[RainCaster]

3. When there are only 50 non-GOP Senators Vlad needs kompromat on only one

He's tied up our entire government by paying off (or blackmailing) only one or two in the Senate.

[bamagal62]

4. This.

[Irish_Dem]

16. He and/or McConnell had this planned two seconds after the Ga elections.

No doubt about it.

Manchin's job is to damage Biden and our party as much as possible.

[AZProgressive]

5. This is why I don't buy that he is acting this way

Because of his constituents plus he is doing this with a D next to his name making the party look bad.

[Nixie]

6. This is why it's obvious there is more going on with personalities

than the money/bill. This is payback for something. There’s a video of him today(?) saying he wasn’t going to be pushed around by anybody or by protestors.

[summer_in_TX]

8. That's just psychology 101.

Push too hard and you set up their backs.

Some pushed Justice Breyer hard, so he decided he wasn't leaving the bench now.

Surrounding Sinema in the elevator – way too much.

The flotillas out to Manchin's yacht, etcetera, etcetera. I'd be in a mulishly stubborn state myself if I'd been targeted like that.

They need to back the hell off. Just saying.

[Irish_Dem]

17. They were corrupt long before they got confronted about being corrupt.

And will still be corrupt long after.

[DBoon]

21. Those who are guilty always resent having their cimes publicized

[betsuni]

13. Yes!

[Irish_Dem]

19. Corrupt leaders don't want any complaints about their corruption.

We are supposed to shut up and take it.

[James48]

7. You really only need ONE Republican.

And the vote flips.

Promise Sen. Lisa Murkowski a new freeway, or something. How about a bridge? A Murkowski Airport?

[Polybius]

9. Promise that the US will never ban assault weapons

Watch 20 GOP Senators get on board.

[Tommymac]

10. That's old school politics. Today the game is CU grift.

Why work hard politickin' to get money for your district to impress voters when you can sit back and collect corporate handout$ (both above and below the table) from $pecial Interest lobbyists and Dark Money?

Especially since voters don't actually matter to you anyhow if you are an authoritarian rethuglican who depends on fixing the vote using Putin's $$?

[quakerboy]

12. Irrelenvant

The only part he cares about is how many West Virginians who are willing to make sure that Manchin and his clan are personally enriched support the BBB?

[DallasNE]

14. It's Never About What The People Want

It is always about what the billionaires that buy off the
politions want.

[onecaliberal]

15. The people of WV are clearly not his constituents.

[Hoyt]

18. Maybe if those "Somewhat Supporters" could communicate their issues, we'd win.

[kwolf68]

22. Manchin does NOT work for the people of WVa

He works for his donors. He's scum, he's corrupt and he is a PERFECT example of why the apathetic voting class sees little difference in the two sides.

And honestly, this is also on the Dem Party. They know what a snake this guy is and should have done whatever they needed to cut a deal with him to get his vote. LBJ type politicking. Manchin took everyone for a ride, got that other bill full of corporate gifts through and sank BBB, a bill that was a great thing. Did the Dems REALLY want BBB?

Manchin heading off to Faux Snooze was just another poke in the eye. What's the matter Joe? Was Newsmax not returning your calls? The fact he ran to Faux is odd. I think he likes being relevant and he knows the Faux News dingasses will fawn all over him for his statesmanship. Manchin will be completely irrelevant if he succeeds in killing Joe Biden's administration and if Biden does lose in 2024 do not think for a moment the Republicans will want you at their lunch table. You're a useful tool Manchin.

[childfreebychoice]

23. He will never leave dem party

because, as a rethug, he wouldn't wield the amount of power he has now

[iemanja]

26. I hope you're right

but he does threaten to leave.

[JI7]

25. Yes, he does. Look at who else West Virginia votes for . They are happy with him

they give him high approval numbers and Biden low approval numbers.

[betsuni]

27. +1

[luvtheGWN]

30. He was the incumbent.

We know that name recognition has far more to do with why someone gets elected or re-elected than just about anything else. Of course, you need a great deal of money and donor support to run, and that's where the platform on which you stand can (and sadly, does) shift a great deal.

[JI7]

31. He isn't the only one they have voted for. There are other people they have voted for and they are

all very similar . He is the most liberal of them all.

[betsuni]

28. What donors? Why was he elected if WV voters didn't like him?

One senator is an example of the whole party? Why are you blaming the Democratic Party for what one senator does? LBJ couldn't convince enough Democrats to pass the civil rights act, he got Republican votes.

"Did the Dems REALLY want BBB"? What are you even talking about? Both sides! Both sides! That bullshit that "corporate Dems" are all corrupt is REALLT old. What evidence do you have that Democrats are corrupt?

[NurseJackie]

32. No it's not. What a silly thing to say.

And honestly, this is also on the Dem Party.

No it's not. What a silly thing to say.

Did the Dems REALLY want BBB?

Stop. Just stop. This is embarrassing.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

29. Note also: 64% of the "Independents" support BBB. . . . nt

[iemanja]

40. I hope Manchin thinks better of his position

In the face of all the blowback he's gotten. It's interesting how many Independents support the bill. They must be Manchin votes, or at least a good chunk of them are.

[littlemissmartypants]

33. 68 percent of West Virginia voters support Build Back Better.

[lindysalsagal]

34. This guy is clearly pissing on democracy for his own evil reasons.

His constituents don't matter: He can never lose that seat, anyway.

[Pepsidog]

38. It's simply beyond imagination that the citizens of WV aren't 90% strongly in favor of BBB.

Free money paid mainly from Blue States and they would rather live in squalor and poverty. Way to go WV.

[Jakes Progress]

42. Manchin doesn't take orders from his voters.

He takes orders from those who pay him.

[peppertree]

44. +1

Which, of course, makes him a ...

[TNNurse]

43. He is working for the benefit of himself.

He cares not about those who he is supposed to be working for.

[wellst0nev0ter]

46. I remember posting this exact same poll

and a whole bunch of Manchin deadenders here on DU tried to tell me that this poll was fake.

Wonder where they are now?

[Grins]

47. Define "support"?

Because I’m betting as soon as this is out of the news they will have no problem with Manchin or the GOP. Will that 68% turn out and vote for someone else?

[iemanja]

48. If you look up the poll

You may be able to find the exact questions asked.

[Glaisne]

49. Then why do they keep voting Republican?

[FakeNoose]

50. This is Joe Manchin's last stand - he knows he won't be re-elected

This is his final term, because the voters of West Virginia do NOT want him back.

That's not to say that he won't be replaced by someone EVEN WORSE than he is.
Because yes, he WILL be replaced by someone even worse. It will be a Repuke for sure.
Somebody funded by the coal companies. That is a given.