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Sen. Joe Manchin’s Campaign is Being Funded by FOX News Executives.
Of course that’s who he’s turning to.
There really are no words to adequately describe just how much I despise West Virginia senator Joe Manchin, and everything he represents. The man has spent his career in the senate letting everyone know just how much disdain he has for the democratic base, and has used his power to squash virtually any political goals the left might have legislatively. It should come as no surprise of course, that his reelection campaign is being funded by none other than FOX News executives.
Daniel Boguslaw with The Intercept writes:
“As the Democrats’ critical 51st vote, the West Virginia senator has repeatedly taken to Fox News to warn his Democratic colleagues about the federal deficit and to air his grievances to the network’s conservative viewership. Manchin’s most recent financial disclosures suggest that those appearances are falling on receptive ears.
The senator received tens of thousands of dollars from Fox executives and lawyers from April to June, according to his campaign’s July filing with the Federal Election Commission. Prior to that, Manchin had not received a donation from a Fox employee since 2018, when James Murdoch, son of media mogul and Fox Corporation Chair Rupert Murdoch, donated to…
