“So, bye-bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
And them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin', "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die" (American Pie/Don McLean)
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said he will vote against a sweeping election reform overhaul bill, dubbed the For The People Act, putting the fate of the legislation in jeopardy in the evenly split Senate. In an op-ed published early Sunday morning in the Charleston Gazette-Mail, Manchin, one of the Democratic caucus’s most conservative members, zeroed in on the partisan nature of the legislation, which has not attracted any Republican support.
“I believe that partisan voting legislation will destroy the already weakening blinds of our democracy, and for that reason, I will vote against the For The People Act," Manchin wrote.
“The truth, I would argue, is that voting and election reform that is done in a partisan manner will all but ensure partisan divisions continue to deepen,” he added.
Manchin also said he “will not vote to weaken or eliminate the filibuster,” which a number of leading Democrats have suggested in order to pass election reform. (The Hill)
EVEN THOUGH, during MOSCOW MITCH’S REIGN OF AUTHORITARIAN TERROR, to his GOP caucus, and then publicly on October 23, 2010: The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president. McConnell: If President Obama does a Clintonian backflip, if he’s willing to meet us halfway on some of the biggest issues, it’s not inappropriate for us to do business with him… (Bloomberg), AND… Obama was, in fact, allowed to name Garland as his Supreme Court nominee near the end of his second term in office, but Republicans in the Senate blocked his confirmation. In contrast, Barrett's confirmation process proceeded with only weeks left until the presidential election next month. (USA Today), AND… Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday he is "100 percent" focused "on stopping" President Joe Biden's administration. (NBC News), AND… "There's no question, none, that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day," McConnell said shortly after the 57-43 Senate vote that ended in the former president's acquittal. (npr),AND…Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell asked other GOP senators to vote against the January 6 commission as a "personal favor" to him, CNN reported Thursday. McConnell said the bill was "a purely political exercise and accused Democrats of focusing on "things that occurred in the past." (INSIDER).
FIRST WE HAVE ONE SENATOR FROM KENTUCKY side track American Democracy and the will of the people, most likely plying puppet to his 1% Donor Class of Domestic Terrorists, and NOW WE HAVE, a wanna be KING, from West Virginia, either brain dead, a complete loss of memory or GIVING ZERO FUCKS for Voting Rights and Democracy, preserving ONLY his well-being…Trump was the DEADLY DISEASE, MCCONNELL AND MANCHIN ARE THE TUMORS traveling in the lungs, muscles, and body of this nation!
