Manchin Spent $70K for Security Over Opposing Biden's BBB Act: Report By Charles Kim | Monday, 31 January 2022 07:03 PM
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., spent more than $70,000 in November on security as people on the left protested and threatened him for effectively blocking President Joe Biden's $1.7 trillion Build Back Better budget reconciliation bill in the Senate.
According to The Hill, the West Virginia senator spent more than $70,000 in November 2021 alone for security after activists protested and threatened him to fall in line supporting Biden's signature bill that expands the social safety net and battles climate change.
A source close to Manchin told The Hill that the senator and his family received ''specific threats'' while in Washington and at his home in West Virginia.
Manchin and fellow centrist Sen. Krysten Sinema of Arizona were the two Democratic holdouts opposing the bill, which contains a wish list of spending to expand healthcare, childcare and several provisions to address climate change.
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