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Former Senator Joe Manchin Has Wasted No Time Jumping Back into the Corporate World.

It’s that good old fashioned business to politics revolving door here in the United States.

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readFeb 8, 2025
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I’ve certainly made it no secret that at least when it comes to supposed Democrats and independents within our federal government, none other than former West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin was among those who I despised the most. I’m sure I’m not alone among those of us on the left who felt he represented and embodied everything we felt is wrong with the Democratic Party, and by extension the government here in the United States itself. Perhaps the one thing he had going for him was that at least from the very beginning, he made his intentions known and clear. The man was never here to be a friend of the left and do things for the good of the American people. He was nothing but a wealthy coal baron from West Virginia out for himself, and did very little to try and even attempt to convince people otherwise.

I suppose, given the full context of who he was before and during his career in the halls of power in Washington D.C., it should come as no surprise that Manchin is already stepping back into the corporate world.

Allison Bell with Think Advisor writes:

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Lauren Elizabeth
Lauren Elizabeth

Written by Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx

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