White House ‘Incivility’ is Being Blamed For Manchin’s ‘No’ on the Reconciliation Bill.
As if that makes it any more understandable.
As virtually anyone who even remotely follows American politics has already heard, the Democrats’ reconciliation bill — otherwise known as the Build Back Better Act — is officially dead after West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin said he would not vote yes. While those of us on the left have seen it coming ever since the Biden agenda was split into two spending packages, it’s been fascinating to watch not just the faux shock and chagrin from Manchin’s fellow Democratic lawmakers, but Manchin’s supposed explanation as well. While of course he cited “inflation”, I stumbled across an interesting, frankly sickening op-ed that claims “incivility” coming from the White House almost certainly played a role in Manchin’s decision to stop negotiating.
Incivility.
That’s what we’re going with here? That’s the narrative that we’re being expected to simply accept? Manchin was aggrieved by a public statement from the White House that named him specifically when addressing the delay regarding the bill, so that’s what made him decide to stop negotiating and declare he was a no vote?
The thing is, in a D.C. culture where the corrupt and corporate elite politicians…
