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Manchin Wants a Voting Rights Bill the GOP Can Support. Really?
The Senator from West Virginia is not acting in good faith.
Joe Manchin has been the face of corporate Democrat obstruction since Biden took office and arguably well before, and he’s certainly been proud to hold that position. As many who follow politics already know, he’s expressed public disapproval for virtually all of the recent Democratic Party’s proposals, whether they come from the House or the Biden administration itself. Aside from his refusal to even consider reforming the filibuster, perhaps the most consequential supposed priority of the Democratic Party that Manchin has taken it upon himself to squander is the voting rights bill that passed the House of Representatives.
Recently, Manchin decided to offer voters a bit of insight into his rationale for standing against the voting rights legislation, and it was exactly as one would expect.
Manchin expressed his supposed support for a voting rights bill more narrow in scope, one that he believes could get bipartisan support, stating:
“I believe Democrats and Republicans feel very strongly about protecting the ballot boxes allowing people to protect the right to vote, making it accessible, making it fair and making it secure, and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act…
