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McConnell: 'It would be a great idea' for Manchin to switch parties
The Hill ^ | 12/17/2021 | Lexi Lonas

Posted on 12/17/2021 6:02:12 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday said to reporters that “it would be a great idea” for Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to switch to the Republican Party.

The comment came after McConnell and Manchin had a meeting as negotiations continue for President Biden’s Build Back Better plan, The Associated Press reported.

“As you know, he likes to talk,” McConnell said of Manchin. “It would not surprise you to know that I’ve suggested for years it would be a great idea, representing a deep red state like West Virginia, for him to come over to our side.”

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: manchin; mcconnell; parties; switch
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Do we really need another RINO?
1 posted on 12/17/2021 6:02:12 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Oh shut up Mitch.

If you are saying it in public, you know it isn’t going to happen.


2 posted on 12/17/2021 6:03:13 AM PST by FlipWilson
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Would love to have Manchin on our side. A little common sense goes a long way.


3 posted on 12/17/2021 6:03:26 AM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Mitch. It would be a good idea for you to leave the Senate.

Friggin parasite traitor.


4 posted on 12/17/2021 6:04:10 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’ll take it even if it only neutralizes the Senate until November. We just cannot continue to have Harris being the deciding vote.


5 posted on 12/17/2021 6:04:44 AM PST by glennaro (Although I don't believe in "big conspiracies", neither do I believe in "big coincidences")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

OK - swap Manchin for Mitch. The GOP would lose one Rat collaborator and gain a RINO.


6 posted on 12/17/2021 6:05:39 AM PST by rigelkentaurus
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It would be better if Manchin became an independent. The GOP is useless.


7 posted on 12/17/2021 6:06:16 AM PST by frogjerk (I will not do business with fascists)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Control of the Senate agenda? Yeah we could really use that.


8 posted on 12/17/2021 6:07:05 AM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Hmmmm... so if Manchin were to switch, he gets to go from being the deciding vote for Dems to being under idiot McConnell’s thumb?

I’ll speak for Manchin, No thanks.


9 posted on 12/17/2021 6:07:21 AM PST by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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To: Sacajaweau

It’s not going to change his views. Just where his money comes from.


10 posted on 12/17/2021 6:08:15 AM PST by Track9 (Agamemnon came home to a HRC type party. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

McConnell has done everything but switch parties, himself.


11 posted on 12/17/2021 6:10:28 AM PST by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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To: Howie66

Push our buttons Mitch.


12 posted on 12/17/2021 6:14:08 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Sacajaweau
Would love to have Manchin on our side. A little common sense goes a long way.

Manchin is a snake who will do what is best for Manchin. He only voted to confirm Kavanaugh because it was right before his 2018 election. Once he won that safely, he voted to impeach Trump (twice). The Republicans in WV have run absolute loser RINO challengers to him. Manchin will stay/leave according to which party best benefits him.

13 posted on 12/17/2021 6:14:20 AM PST by HandBasketHell
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To: ChicagoConservative27

why doesn’t BIDEN’s BITCH switch party first??


14 posted on 12/17/2021 6:14:37 AM PST by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I think Manchin will go to the highest bidder.


15 posted on 12/17/2021 6:15:11 AM PST by a real Sheila (FJB!!!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

That would be fair, since Mitch has switched to the Democrat party. Lose one; get one.


16 posted on 12/17/2021 6:17:19 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (When government fears the people, there is liberty.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Better than a Dino


17 posted on 12/17/2021 6:17:53 AM PST by Az Joe ("Scratch a Liberal, and a Fascist bleeds")
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18 posted on 12/17/2021 6:18:46 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Diogenesis

“why doesn’t BIDEN’s BITCH switch party first??”

That would be “XI’S BITCH”. Biden is just a low-level pimp.
(And he already has switched parties.)


19 posted on 12/17/2021 6:20:20 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (When government fears the people, there is liberty.)
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To: FlipWilson

Actually I was listening to CNN last night and some of the Rat commentators were actually telling him to become a GOP Senator.


20 posted on 12/17/2021 6:20:24 AM PST by hawkaw
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