Why does Joe Manchin (@Sen_JoeManchin) oppose everything and anything in the Biden BBB plan that helps fight climate change or that in any way impacts the financial future of the dying coal industry? Well… it could be because he’s in the coal business… Occam, meet Razor.
Why does Joe Manchin (@Sen_JoeManchin) oppose everything and anything in the Biden BBB plan that helps fight climate change or that in any way impacts the financial future of the dying coal industry? Well… it could be because he’s in the coal business… Occam, meet Razor.
If Manchin is threatening to quit the Democratic Party to force them to give in & leave climate change out of the reconciliation bill, the obvious question reporters he does talk to (he won’t come on @thereidout) should ask is: DOES YOUR OPPOSITION RELATE TO YOUR COAL INTERESTS?
@JoyAnnReid @thereidout I wouldn’t start that … then you’d have to ask Nancy and a bunch others about their stock holdings and how they became millionaires on a government salary. Best to stay away from that.
@JoyAnnReid @thereidout You know who also has coal interest besides Manchin? Manchin’s West Virginian constituents who work in the coal industry. But according to you, their interests don’t count and don’t deserve a voice in the Senate.
@JoyAnnReid @thereidout Coal interest is becoming a dead subject literally and figuratively. @SenManchinComms is advised to reconsider for the costly lives it will bring upon in the future. Your responsibilities and ethics come first and foremost 💔✝️🙇♀️🇺🇸.
@JoyAnnReid @thereidout I stand by my assertion that Manchin should be stripped of all committee assignments - especially Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
@JoyAnnReid @thereidout He has been asked. He got super defensive and refused to answer the question before walking off.
@JoyAnnReid @thereidout Money should be taken out of politics because whoever controls the purse strings controls the policy. How many others are beholden to some "special" interest? Manchin is not unique in this regard.
@JoyAnnReid @cinderellaicius @thereidout Well THAT'S just way too plainly worded 😏
@JoyAnnReid @thereidout No, the question they *should* ask is "why are you deliberately engaged in an open conflict of interest for personal profit to the clear detriment of the rest of the country?" Too accurate and hard-hitting for most journalism. But it's true.
@JoyAnnReid @thereidout Democrats have a math problem: Manchin’s vote is needed to pass legislation given unified GOP opposition. If Dems want bolder legislation, they need bigger margins in Congress. I don’t support Manchin’s opposition to CEPP but he has a lot of leverage here.
@JoyAnnReid @UROCKlive1 @thereidout Gee, you think that between being in the coal business and the donations from the energy sector he might have a conflict of interest?