Manchin not endorsing Harris after she calls for abortion filibuster carve-out: ‘Shame on her’
By
Jack Birle
September 24, 2024 2:39 pm
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Vice President Kamala Harris‘s vow to create a carve-out for the filibuster to pass abortion legislation has cost her support from Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV).
Manchin, a centrist senator who has fought to maintain the filibuster, had been indicating he may support Harris’s bid for president after he left the Democratic Party earlier this year, but he told CNN on Tuesday that removing the filibuster would be a mistake.
“Shame on her,” Manchin said. “She knows the filibuster is the Holy Grail of democracy. It’s the only thing that keeps us talking and working together. If she gets rid of that, then this would be the House on steroids.”
When asked if he would back Harris for president, after hinting that he may after she replaced President Joe Biden at the top of the ticket in July, he said would not after her vow on the filibuster.
“That ain’t going to happen,” Manchin said. “I think that basically can destroy our country, and my country is more important to me than any one person or any one person’s ideology. … I think it’s the most horrible thing.”
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