Former Sanders Campaign Co-Chair Labels Sinema, Manchin ‘Soulless Cowards’ Over Stance on Filibuster

Nina Turner, a former campaign co-chair for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), is blasting Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) over the opposition to changing the filibuster.

During an appearance on CNN’s “New Day” Friday, Turner ripped into the two senators as she said, “These people are cowards. They are soulless cowards to hold up a doggone rule. filibuster is a rule. It’s not written in the Constitution. It’s not a right. It is a rule. And they are standing in the way of it.”

Turner went on:

“This is nonsense they’re worried about the Republicans gonna do. Let’s take care of 2022. Let’s do what Democrats can do right now, they have the power. And my message to President Biden: he wasted a whole bunch of time with these folks being diplomatic, inviting them out to the White House.”

She added, “He needs to hold a press conference and let them know, ‘Either you’re going to be by my side saying you’re going to be with me and you’re getting rid of the filibuster, or I’m gassing up the jet on your behind and I will be in Arizona and West Virginia directly and let the American people know who’s standing in the way of my entire agenda.”

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However, former Manchin senior adviser Jonathan Knott argued, “That’s not how 🏛️Congress works… Gassing up the jet and heading to West Virginia and Arizona is not actually going to get it done. There are ways people can get things done in D.C. Sen. Manchin and Sen. Sinema proved that with the historic infrastructure bill that they just passed. That’s how you get things done.”