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When Is the Series Finale of the Joe Manchin Show?
The familiar shtick from Joe Biden’s attention-seeking saboteur has gotten old and should be ignored.
If he weren’t busy trying to usher in a political revolution, Bernie Sanders would make a great media critic.
During a recent appearance on ABC News’ This Week, the Vermont senator wouldn’t stand for the framing of a question about Senator Joe Manchin from guest host Martha Raddatz.
After saying Manchin “abruptly pulled the plug” on the Democrats’ plans to pass a reconciliation bill that finally puts money into more aggressively fighting climate change, Sanders interrupted to say, “Martha, let me disagree with you. He didn’t abruptly do anything.”
After Raddatz argued he “was negotiating for a while,” Sanders once again refused to accept the premise — citing a well known pattern established by Manchin and the end result.
“He has sabotaged the president’s agenda,” Sanders said.
“No, look, if you check the record, six months ago, I made it clear that you have people like Manchin, Sinema to a lesser degree, who are intentionally sabotaging the president’s agenda, what the American people, what a majority of us in the Democratic Caucus want,” he added. “Nothing new…
