Sen. Joe Manchin (D. WV) continues to deserve credit, along with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D. AZ), for holding firm on the filibuster. Without them, the Democrat wish list, including packing the Supreme Court, would have been met a year ago. However, after blocking the economically destructive “Build Back Better” bill, Manchin suddenly collapsed and agreed to a $739 billion bill that includes climate change garbage and increased corporate taxes. This deal is so bad that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R. SC), who’s reverted to his old, pre-Kavanaugh ways of putting collegiality ahead of America, strongly castigated Manchin.
I guess we should continue to be grateful to Manchin for holding firm on the grossly misnamed “Build Back Better” bill, a $3.5 trillion monstrosity that would have increased the federal debt by 10% overnight. However, there’s something deeply weird about the fact that, right before the Democrats go down before a probable Red Wave in November that will end their Congressional majority, Manchin suddenly decided to meet Sen. Chuck Schumer (D. Marxistan) one-third of the way: