Posted on 11/12/2016 10:07:19 AM PST by jazusamo
Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia did not appreciate what Harry Reid had to say after Trump’s election victory upset. To quote the conservative Democrat correctly, he told Reid he was, “an absolute embarrassment to the Senate as an institution, our Democratic party, and the nation."
Ouch.
Outgoing Senate Minority Leader Reid is not loved by Republicans, but to have a member of your party (and caucus) call you out so harshly should give you pause.
After Trump won the Electoral College, Reid referred to Trump as a sexual predator.
It may not be so surprising Manchin is taking this tone, however. Trump won West Virginia by a resounding 42-point margin. A Democrat in a state turning bright red, Manchin has had to be very careful navigating the political waters. He is already perhaps the most conservative Democrat in the Senate, but his election in 2018 may make him pivot even further right in the coming months. There were rumors that he may begin caucusing with Senate Republicans, but Manchin made clear this week he would continue as a Democrat while in office.
It’s still very possible for conservative Democrats to win in West Virginia. Jim Justice handedly won his gubernatorial bid Tuesday night over Republican Bill Cole, but he had to convince voters he was leaving his choice for the presidency blank. The national Democratic brand is toxic in coal country.
Gearing up for 2018, Mancin may already be distancing himself from his national party. He went on to criticize Reid’s disgusting comments on Trump…
"I want to be very clear, he does not speak for me. As difficult as it is for anyone to lose an election, the American people have spoken and Donald Trump is our President-elect. Senator Reid’s words needlessly feed the very divisiveness that is tearing this country apart," Manchin said. "We are Americans first, not Democrats or Republicans first. Unfortunately, there are some who forget that at times like these it is wrong to put party and politics above our country.”
My comment was meant to be somewhat tongue-in-check.
Your description was dead on. I know people who do know him and ‘opportunist’ defines him!
I Hope this is because he understands what happened last Tuesday and he truly believes this, not just playing partisan politics because he sees the writing on the wall.
Whatever his motives, I like what I am seeing happen and hearing from some incumbents so far over the past few days... Politically that is, Riots in the street, Sad but expected, which is sad in itself.
Once he sees Trump is successful he will. WV is like many other southern states in the past, Conservative Dem locally and became Republican nationally.
WV is solidly yankee
Manchin is up for re-election next time so remember that every time he opens his mouth. He is a Dem in a state that loves Trump.
I see an IRS audit in Harry’s future
HILLARY CLINTON is a SEXUAL PREDATOR ENABLER!! Did
anyone want BILL CLINTON for their First Laddie? Hillary
has to be warped from having to lie for him and defend
him with him LYING THROUGH HIS TEETH, until Miss
Lewinsky produced her semen-stained blue dress. He’d still
be lying about it, too, without that.
WE DID NOT WANT ANY MORE OF THE CLINTONS’ CRAP!!
He felt the heat.
So true...but they’ll let the rioters and protesters keep on protesting.
Bttt
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