West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin has been an honest broker in his negotiations with both the Biden and Trump administrations, while in 'Build Back Better' negotiations as of late, his party leadership has 'overplayed its hand,' House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told 'Fox News Primetime' Monday.
"And now [The House] has voted for 87,000 IRS agents to spy on you – They voted to open the border and make people legal citizens when they came here illegally. They voted to take away work requirements [for handouts]. This is a very bad vote. But Joe Manchin kept his word. Now, I didn’t think it would happen," McCarthy continued.
SCHUMER HITS MANCHIN FOR FAILING TO SUPPORT BUILD BACK BETTER, MAINTAINS DEMOCRATS WILL ‘FIND A WAY FORWARD’ "[F]or those who thought they would intimidate Joe Manchin in West Virginia, they ought to look again. Joe Manchin is more popular in West Virginia today because of what he said yesterday. And they are not going to intimidate him. More people will stand with him in West Virginia," McCarthy predicted.
McCarthy added that Manchin is only the latest Democrat to buck his party in a major way, pointing to how New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew switched his affiliation to Republican during the Trump years.
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