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Bernie’s Had Enough of Joe Manchin.
The gloves are off.
No politician is perfect, but Bernie Sanders is nothing if not authentic in his sharing his frustration. In this instance of course, it was directed — as it should be — at his fellow Senator, West Virginia’s Joe Manchin, who recently announced he would not support any legislation that addresses climate change or raises taxes on the wealthy.
Well, I suppose it would be fair to say, understandably, the host of ABC This Week asking Bernie about this felt a bit of the frustration as well, and understandably so.
When she characterized Manchin’s actions as “abrupt”, Bernie immediately cut her off.
Sam Levine with The Guardian wrote about Bernie’s remarks, writing:
“…“He didn’t abruptly do anything — he has sabotaged the president’s agenda,” Sanders said. “If you check the record, six months ago, I made it clear that you have people like Manchin, Sinema to a lesser degree, who are intentionally sabotaging the president’s agenda, what the American people want, what a majority of us in the Democratic caucus want.”
“Nothing new about this,” he added. “The problem was that we continued to talk to Manchin like he was serious. He was not,” noting how the West Virginia senator and coal baron has benefited from campaign contributions from…
