{"id":1136043,"date":"2021-12-21T00:49:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T05:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1136043"},"modified":"2021-12-21T00:49:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T05:49:31","slug":"peter-schweizer-joe-manchin-resisted-many-offers-for-cronyism-corruption-self-enrichment-to-be-bought-or-rented","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/peter-schweizer-joe-manchin-resisted-many-offers-for-cronyism-corruption-self-enrichment-to-be-bought-or-rented\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Schweizer: Joe Manchin &#039;Resisted&#039; Many Offers for &#039;Cronyism,&#039; &#039;Corruption,&#039; &#039;Self-Enrichment&#039; to Be Bought or Rented"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fpeter-schweizer-joe-manchin-resisted-many-offers-for-cronyism-corruption-self-enrichment-to-be-bought-or-rented%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=1136043&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 class=\"subheading\">Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute (GAI), praised Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) as a \u201cprofile in courage\u201d who rejected offers for self-enrichment while guest-hosting for Monday\u2019s edition of Sean Hannity\u2019s eponymous radio show alongside GAI colleague Eric Eggers.<\/p>\n<p>Schweizer and Eggers reflected on their research of political corruption in Washington, DC, while examining Manchin\u2019s recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2021\/12\/19\/manchin-i-cant-vote-for-build-back-better-amid-real-inflation\/\">refusal<\/a> to join other Democrats in passing the $4.91 trillion spending proposal in the \u201cBuild Back Better\u201d legislation pushed by the Biden administration and left-wing news media.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Manchin rebuffed attempts to be purchased or rented by political supporters of the Build Back Better bill, Schweizer stated.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cEric, you and I, a lot of times, call people out \u2014 Republicans or Democrats \u2014 for cronyism, for corruption, for self-enrichment,\u201d Schweizer remarked. \u201cJoe Manchin resisted those temptations in voting \u2018no,\u2019 because believe me, he was&nbsp;offered a lot of things, and it\u2019s a time-honored tradition in Washington, DC, to, basically, if you can\u2019t buy a politician, to at least rent them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schweizer, who has documented corrupt monetization of political influence in a series of books, including&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/006289790X?tag=wwwbreitbartc-20\"><em>Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America\u2019s Progressive&nbsp;Elite<\/em><\/a>,<em>&nbsp;<\/em>said Manchin must have rejected bids to procure his support for Build Back Better, including offers to financially benefit him and his family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a time-honored tradition of buying off politicians,\u201d Schweizer concluded. \u201cThis is no doubt the sort of thing that was thrown at Joe Manchin, that was offered to him, that was offered to West Virginia, that was offered to his family.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16110758\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Manchin-Wife.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16110758\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Manchin-Wife.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 4: Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) walks with his wife Gayle Conelly Manchin in the in the Senate subway at the U.S. Capitol on February 4, 2020 in Washington, DC. The Senate heard closing arguments yesterday after the Senate voted to block witnesses from appearing in the impeachment trial. The final vote is expected on Wednesday. (Photo by Alex Edelman\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) walks with his wife Gayle Conelly Manchin in the in the Senate subway at the U.S. Capitol on February 4, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Edelman\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Eggers noted that the Biden administration previously nominated Gayle Manchin, Joe Manchin\u2019s wife, to a government position relating to the distribution of taxpayer funding ostensibly designated for infrastructure. The position includes a $163,000 salary and authority over funding appropriated in the Build Back Better legislation. He explained:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"28\">\n<p><span>In previous iterations of the Build Back Better bill, Gayle Manchin, who\u2019s married to Joe Manchin, was nominated to serve as the co-chair of something called the Appalachian Regional Commission.&nbsp;<\/span><span>It\u2019s just this regional entity that distributes funds to help improve infrastructure networks. That job, which she was nominated to by the Biden administration, comes with a salary of $163,000 dollars. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In subsequent iterations of this [Build Back Better] legislation, that Appalachian regional commissioner \u2014 the ARC \u2014 would have received upwards of $300 million dollars, right?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>So some people have pointed this out that, \u201cHey, Joe Biden appoints Joe Manchin\u2019s wife, everybody knows Joe Manchin is going to be a key vote on this, appoints his wife to this commission and is poised to receive a big time payout from this bill.\u201d This is just how Washington works, right?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Schweizer and Eggers&nbsp;are hosts of the <a href=\"https:\/\/thedrilldown.com\/\"><em>Drill Down<\/em><\/a>, a weekly podcast describing itself as committed to exposing \u201ccrony capitalism, misuse of taxpayer monies, and other government corruption or malfeasance.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute (GAI), praised Sen. 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