Senator Joe Manchin is all but assuring that the Democratic Party’s attempt to continue the debacle of the 2020 presidential election in perpetuity will be brought to a halt, at least the federal level. The Democratic Senator is delivering a backbreaking blow to the Democrats’ hope of passing H.R. 1, which would effectively outlaw strict voter IDs and mandate that elections be carried out via absentee ballots for weeks, if not months before elections.
“I believe that partisan voting legislation will destroy the already weakening binds of our democracy, and for that reason, I will vote against the For the People Act. Furthermore, I will not vote to weaken or eliminate the filibuster,” Sen. Joe Manchin wrote in a hometown newspaper, the Charleston Gazette-Mail. “The fundamental right to vote has itself become overtly politicized,” he added.
“Manchin said lawmakers should instead focus their energies on revitalizing the landmark Voting Rights Act, which was weakened by a Supreme Court decision in 2013,” the AP reported. “Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska has joined him in calling for that approach.”
“Manchin’s opposition to the broader elections bill is just the latest challenge facing Democrats as they enter the summer work period under rising pressure to deliver on their promises to voters,” the report continued. “Manchin reiterated he would not vote to ‘weaken or eliminate the filibuster,’ a route that many Democrats see as the only realistic path forward.”
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Wait don’t tell me...left wing, blue check Twitter is calling him a Repubbie, wants him primaried, and said he should just switch parties?.....You mean their is still a chance we will stay a 2 party sysyem?
“I believe that partisan voting legislation will destroy the already weakening binds of our democracy, and for that reason, I will vote against the For the People Act. Furthermore, I will not vote to weaken or eliminate the filibuster,” Sen. Joe Manchin wrote in a hometown newspaper, the Charleston Gazette-Mail. “The fundamental right to vote has itself become overtly politicized,” he added.
“Manchin said lawmakers should instead focus their energies on revitalizing the landmark Voting Rights Act, which was weakened by a Supreme Court decision in 2013,” the AP reported. “Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska has joined him in calling for that approach.”
“Manchin’s opposition to the broader elections bill is just the latest challenge facing Democrats as they enter the summer work period under rising pressure to deliver on their promises to voters,” the report continued. “Manchin reiterated he would not vote to ‘weaken or eliminate the filibuster,’ a route that many Democrats see as the only realistic path forward.”
(Excerpt) Read more at beckernews.com
Wait don’t tell me...left wing, blue check Twitter is calling him a Repubbie, wants him primaried, and said he should just switch parties?.....You mean their is still a chance we will stay a 2 party sysyem?