Manchin Claps Back At White House, Schumer, and Pelosi.
Rebel Democratic Senator Joe Manchin tore into White House staff and his fellow Democrats on Monday, blaming them for his decision not to support President Joe Biden's signature Build Back Better legislation.
He accused Democrats of badgering him and beating 'the living crap' out of him as they tried to get his vote. And he said White House staff know the 'real reason' he said he wouldn't vote for Biden's $1.75 trillion package of social safety net programs.
'They know the real reason what happened. They won't tell you, and I'm not going to,' Manchin told West Virginia radio host Hoppy Kercheval about Biden's staff.
Manchin also had tough words for Democratic leaders. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and Speaker Nancy Pelosi had personally negotiated with him.
'They figured surely to God we can move one person. Sure that we can badger and beat one person up. Surely we can get enough protestors to make that person uncomfortable enough they'll just say 'okay I'll vote for anything' just quit,' he said, referencing protesters who swarmed his houseboat on the Potomac River and waited for him outside the Capitol building.
'I'm from West Virginia. I'm not from where they're from and they can't just beat the living crap out of people and think they'll be submissive. Period,' he added.
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Rebel Democratic Senator Joe Manchin tore into White House staff and his fellow Democrats on Monday, blaming them for his decision not to support President Joe Biden's signature Build Back Better legislation.
He accused Democrats of badgering him and beating 'the living crap' out of him as they tried to get his vote. And he said White House staff know the 'real reason' he said he wouldn't vote for Biden's $1.75 trillion package of social safety net programs.
'They know the real reason what happened. They won't tell you, and I'm not going to,' Manchin told West Virginia radio host Hoppy Kercheval about Biden's staff.
Manchin also had tough words for Democratic leaders. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and Speaker Nancy Pelosi had personally negotiated with him.
'They figured surely to God we can move one person. Sure that we can badger and beat one person up. Surely we can get enough protestors to make that person uncomfortable enough they'll just say 'okay I'll vote for anything' just quit,' he said, referencing protesters who swarmed his houseboat on the Potomac River and waited for him outside the Capitol building.
'I'm from West Virginia. I'm not from where they're from and they can't just beat the living crap out of people and think they'll be submissive. Period,' he added.
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