Posted on 04/05/2018 3:42:37 PM PDT by Hojczyk
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice claims hes talked to Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin about him switching parties.
President Donald Trump needs Manchins vote in the Senate, Justice said Thursday on Fox & Friends.
Joe and I had discussions along those lines, Justice, a Republican, said.
I wish Joe was a Republican to tell you the truth, he said of the West Virginia senator.
But to just tell it like it is, Joes got to do his thing and Ive surely got to do mine and the president has got to do his. We need Joes vote.
And to be perfectly honest, you know, this nation needs to get behind our president in a great way every day.
Manchin has regularly displayed conservative talking points and his conservative flare continues to increase as he gets closer to a reelection bid in November.
Manchin went on CNNs New Day in January and said the country needed Trumps border wall.
He returned on CNN to rebuke House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosis immigration rhetoric a few days later.
He also appeared on Fox & Friends in January and bashed Democrats for being disrespectful during Trumps State of the Union address.
Thats the way I was raised in West Virginia. We have respect. There is civility still yet.There should be civility in this place, he said in January.
Thats disrespectful. Last night was disrespectful.
Justice, formerly a Democrat, made the switch to the Republican Party after Trump took the state by more than 40 points in 2016.
Justices switch was largely ignored by the mainstream media networks.
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I would say he should but he did vote for Obamacare.
Do you understand the significance of the majority/minority system in the houses of congress?
He is more useful where he is.
I wish more Republicans were actual conservatives....
I agree!
Must be getting close to election-time... Mancin is doing his Hamlet act again.
He could be crucial to keeping the Senate Republican just for the same of judicial appointments.
Had he had the brass to vote FOR tax cuts rather than follow along like a puppy, I’d say he’d be a good catch.
At Trumps inauguration I was standing with a group from WV panhandle. They predicted that Manchin would be out at the next election.WV hates the Dem politics.
He’s such a Super Squish. What is the gain, exactly? The people are sick of him.
“Unless he votes with TRUMP 100% then we don’t need him!”
Exactly. WVa could do so much better.
70+ years old. What’s there to gain from another 6 years? That’s 6 years of his REMAINING life! Must not be getting it at home.
You can call yourself a republican (if it helps at the election both) and still be an ideological democrat. Just look at the republicans who fixed the last budget bill.
Talks tough but bows to the Democrat leadership.
Election year, huh?
If he does it, it is just a way for the Uniparty to block the citizens from electing anyone who would side with them and the rule of law.
No thanks. We already have enough liberal Republicans
He'd vote in agreement with President Trump's policies more often than John McCain or Paul Ryan. Thanks Hojczyk.
Hes a FAKE!!! He must see polling that shows Pubbies keeping power!
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