Manchin Gives 3 Word Response to Dems Who Want a Larger Spending Bill
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) says Democrats need to elect “more liberals” if they want to pass massive spending packages. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Manchin said, “I’ve never been a liberal in any way, shape, or…
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) says Democrats need to elect “more liberals” if they want to pass massive spending packages.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Manchin said, “I’ve never been a liberal in any way, shape, or form. There’s no one who ever thought I was. I’ve been governor, I’ve been secretary of state, I’ve state legislator, I’ve been a U.S senator, and I have voted pretty consistently all my whole life.”
“I don’t fault any of them who believe that they’re much more progressive and much more liberal, God bless them…I guess for them to get , elect more liberals. I’m not asking them to change. I’m willing to come from zero to ,” he added.
He also suggested that progressive Democrats should “take whatever we aren’t able to come to an agreement with today and take that on the campaign trail next year.”
“And I’m sure that they’ll get many more liberal, progressive Democrats with what they want,” he added.
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As Manchin spoke, protesters could be heard chanting, “Hey, Joe, we had a deal.”
Shortly after President Joe Biden announced that he had reached a deal on a roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package earlier this year, Congressional Democrats said they wanted to pass that bill as well as a larger $3.5 trillion spending package, and progressives have linked the fate of the two bills.