Manchin shoots down chance that Senate Democrats nix filibuster, expand court

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Manchin shoots down chance that Senate Democrats nix filibuster, expand court​

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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Monday night effectively shot down any chance that Democrats are able to nix the legislative filibuster if they find themselves with control of the Senate next year.

Democrats are currently poised to have 48 seats in January and are fighting to win two seats in Georgia that would give the party control of the Senate because in a 50-50 split Vice President Harris could break a tie, giving the party the majority.
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Manchin, during an interview with Fox News, said that if there’s a 50-50 tie that he would not vote to nix the legislative filibuster, a decision that would take it off the table for Democrats. In order to nix the legislative filibuster should they have 50 seats, Democrats would need the support of every member of their caucus including Manchin.
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He’s a politician first and foremost.

Remember he was up for reelection in 2018 so he voted for Kavanagh to placate his base, but he doesn’t have to run again until 2024 so he voted against Barrett last month. His job right now is to pretend to be the guy from 2018 and not the guy from last month. This is to help soften up the opposition to the Democrat Senate candidates in the GA runoffs, to assure GA voters that nothing that bad will happen if they vote in favor of the Democrat Senate candidates.
 
We’ll know how accurate your theory is by the way the leftists like AOC respond to his comments. If they are quiet, you’re right. If they call him a white supremacist, it’s a serious division.
 
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