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Joe Manchin’s Taking Money From GOP Billionaires.
Is anyone shocked?
If the consequences weren’t so dire, it would almost be comical just how much of a textbook villain West Virginia’s Senator Joe Manchin really is. I might just have a four year degree in Psychology, but narcissistic and sociopathic seem to come to mind as well when thinking of how corrupt, self serving, and detrimental his actions have been just not to the future of the Democratic party, but infinitely more importantly to the future of the nation and arguably the planet as a whole. Given how he has conducted himself throughout Biden’s first year as President, should it really surprise anyone that Manchin is currently taking campaign donations from GOP billionaires?
Martin Pengelly with The Guardian writes:
“A billionaire Republican donor and Trump supporter donated the maximum allowed amount to Joe Manchin after the West Virginia Democrat sank Joe Biden’s signature domestic spending plan.
…The co-founder of Home Depot and author of a 2018 book called I Love Capitalism! had signaled his support for Manchin before the senator made his move on Build Back Better.
…In December, shortly after Manchin torpedoed Biden’s flagship legislation, Langone and his wife each gave $5,000 to Manchin’s Country Roads political action committee…
