How Many Times Does He Have to Say "No"? Joe Manchin Is Not Going to Eliminate the Filibuster
By Shipwreckedcrew | May 27, 2021 1:45 PM ET
Joe Manchin has thrown cold water on yet another liberal hope that he will find a reason to vote in favor of changing the Senate rules to eliminate the legislative filibuster, stating earlier this week that he would not vote to end the filibuster if enough GOP Senators did not go along with the creation of the Democrat planned January 6 Commission.
https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1397932721234710528“I’m not ready to destroy our government.”
That doesn’t sound much to me like a guy who is just waiting for the right issue to come along to make the Senate a purely majoritarian body.
Manchin has made a parlor game out of getting the hopes up of the radical leftists who know that if he can be persuaded to vote to change the rules, their revolutionary agenda that would change American culture might come to fruition. Several weeks ago, in response to a growing chorus on the left for him to join in the revolution by eliminating the filibuster, Manchin put a carrot out on a stick just a bit out of reach for the radicals and media to grab. He said that he still believes in the idea of negotiation between the two parties in the Senate and he would not consider eliminating the filibuster until such time that he became convinced such negotiations were not being conducted by his GOP colleagues in good faith.
“Aha!!” cried the radicals — “All we need to do is convince Manchin that the GOP Senators are the scumbags we have been claiming they are all along.”
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