{"id":113420,"date":"2021-01-30T20:44:34","date_gmt":"2021-01-31T01:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=113420"},"modified":"2021-01-31T10:30:11","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T15:30:11","slug":"democratic-senator-rips-kamala-harris-over-interview-i-couldnt-believe-it-not-a-way-of-working-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-senator-rips-kamala-harris-over-interview-i-couldnt-believe-it-not-a-way-of-working-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Senator Rips Kamala Harris Over Interview: \u2018I Couldn\u2019t Believe It,\u2019 \u2018Not A Way Of Working Together\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocratic-senator-rips-kamala-harris-over-interview-i-couldnt-believe-it-not-a-way-of-working-together%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=113420&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) slammed Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday for pushing the Biden administration\u2019s $1.9 trillion pandemic aid proposal on a West Virginia television station.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin said he was not consulted prior to the interview that was aimed at his constituents. The Democratic senator, one of the few widely-recognized moderate Democrats in the upper chamber, is leading efforts with a moderate Republican, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, on a compromise package.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw it. I couldn\u2019t believe it. No one called me,\u201d Manchin said of Harris\u2019 Thursday interview on West Virginia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsaz.com\/2021\/01\/30\/sen-joe-manchin-reacts-to-wsaz-interview-with-vice-pres-kamala-harris\/\">WSAZ<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re going to try to find a bipartisan pathway forward. I think we need to. But we need to work together. That\u2019s not a way of working together, what was done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden has drawn criticism from the GOP for pushing a message of \u201cunity\u201d while pursuing a number of executive actions largely aimed at tearing down former President Donald Trump\u2019s legacy. Manchin\u2019s comments add fuel to Republicans\u2019 charge that the Biden administration is more concerned with appealing to his left-wing base than striking bipartisan deals in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin has criticized Biden\u2019s proposed package, which would give $1,400 aid checks to most Americans. Manchin said that the aid should be more targeted to those Americans who need it most.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe met [Biden\u2019s] economic team and they put out what they wanted. We said, \u2018Just show us the figures.\u2019 Because people need to know. We want to help everybody that needs help,\u201d Manchin told WSAZ. \u201cBut if a person is making $250,000 or $300,000, I don\u2019t think they\u2019re in much as need as a person making $40,000 or $50,000. We\u2019re going to target it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris did a pair of interviews pitching the Biden administration\u2019s plan on Thursday, one to WSAZ in West Virginia and the other on a local television station in Arizona. The White House appears to have targeted the states of moderate Democrats that control the fate of President Joe Biden\u2019s aid package in the Senate. The future and make-up of the aid package rests largely on Manchin and two others.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/01\/28\/business\/coronavirus-aid-democrats.html\">The New York Times<\/a> reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>The effort is complicated by Democrats\u2019 tenuous grip on power in the Senate, which is split 50-50 but where Vice President Kamala Harris can break ties in her party\u2019s favor. Those numbers give enormous sway to the most conservative members of the Democratic caucus, including Senators Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, Joe Manchin III of West Virginia and Jon Tester of Montana. Any one of them could balk at the size of Mr. Biden\u2019s demands and force a smaller package.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>When pressed on the purpose of Harris\u2019 interviews, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki responded that \u201cwe want to make the case to the American people across the country. \u2026 This is a way to do just that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Psaki later demurred on giving any specific reason why Arizona and West Virginia voters were targeted with the White House message, saying \u201cI think [Harris will] do a number of additional regional calls and regional interviews, as will members of the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) slammed Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday for pushing the Biden administration\u2019s $1.9 trillion pandemic aid proposal on a West Virginia television station. 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