{"id":1138451,"date":"2021-12-21T16:04:27","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T21:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1138451"},"modified":"2021-12-21T16:04:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T21:04:29","slug":"he-would-be-happier-former-democrat-jeff-van-drew-says-he-hopes-manchin-joins-republican-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-would-be-happier-former-democrat-jeff-van-drew-says-he-hopes-manchin-joins-republican-party\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018He Would Be Happier\u2019: Former Democrat Jeff Van Drew Says He Hopes Manchin Joins Republican Party"},"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%2Fhe-would-be-happier-former-democrat-jeff-van-drew-says-he-hopes-manchin-joins-republican-party%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=1138451&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--><div><\/div>\n<p>A former Democrat who switched parties over the impeachment of former President Donald Trump said he \u201chopes\u201d Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin will join the GOP<\/p>\n<p>Republican New Jersey Rep. Jeff&nbsp; Van Drew joined Fox News\u2019 \u201cAmerica\u2019s Newsroom\u201d on Tuesday where he openly invited Manchin to join his party and said, \u201che would be happier in the Republican Party.\u201d Sources around the West Virginia senator have fueled rumors that he may leave the Democratic Party \u2014 likely to become an Independent \u2014 after he <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/19\/joe-manchin-no-vote-joe-biden-build-back-better-spending-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">doomed the passage<\/a> of President Joe Biden\u2019s Build Back Better Act,&nbsp; Axios <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/manchins-reset-339d6454-5bdf-4f23-a4b6-48fd8545ed5f.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know he will [switch parties], I sure hope that he will, and I surely invite him to come into our party. I really believe he would be happier in the Republican Party,\u201d the former Democrat said. \u201cWhat\u2019s happened to Joe Manchin is in some ways similar to what happened to me, you know, I wouldn\u2019t vote for impeachment and I was beaten up by leadership in Washington, the leadership back in the district.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, the last thing that was said to me and I\u2019ll never forget it is \u2018you will obey\u2019 and I was threatened. And just like Joe Manchin\u2019s from West Virginia, I\u2019m from New Jersey and let me tell you, you don\u2019t say that.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/20\/build-back-better-act-jen-psaki-joe-biden-reationship-joe-manchin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Psaki Refuses To Address Disagreement Between Manchin And Biden Over Build Back Better Bill)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Van Drew announced his intent to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/12\/14\/jeff-van-drew-switch-parties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">switch parties<\/a> in December of 2019, in light of the House\u2019s vote for the impeachment of the former president. The New Jersey representative was one of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/10\/31\/two-democrats-impeachment-inquiry-no\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">two House Democrats<\/a> to vote against impeachment, along with Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson.<\/p>\n<p>The representative said the Democratic Party changed due to its \u201cconstant berating of the president\u201d and a lack of information and bipartisanship. He called the \u201cunconstitutional\u201d impeachment the \u201cfinal straw.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI belong in the Republican Party, it\u2019s a party that basically\u2014no party\u2019s perfect\u2014does care about America, cares about our future, and does not want to make us a socialist, Marxist state. The changes in this Democrat[ic] Party now is so remarkable, and not in a good way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/19\/jen-psaki-joe-manchin-joe-biden-build-back-better-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchin<\/a> has received backlash from members of his own party regarding his decision to vote against Build Back Better. Van Drew, agreeing with Manchin, said the legislation will \u201cchange the very structure\u201d of the country. He also criticized the treatment of those disagreeing with their party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are pressed and pushed into voting even in ways that they don\u2019t want to,\u201d Van Drew continued. \u201cYou see that in the House of Representatives all the time. There will be a bad bill that goes through, I\u2019ll vote \u2018no,\u2019 other Republicans will vote \u2018no.\u2019 I\u2019ll talk to a few of my more moderate Democratic friends that are over there and say \u2018why\u2019d you vote for that? I know you kind of well and I know you don\u2019t believe it.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd they\u2019ll say \u2018yeah, we just kind of had to.\u2019 That\u2019s not good government. That\u2019s not America. That\u2019s not what we believe in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manchin has cited concerns about inflation, the supply chain crisis and the national debt as key reasons for opposing the bill. Congressional Budget Office estimates found that Build Back Better would raise the debt by <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/18\/build-back-better-367-billion-congressional-budget-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$367 billion<\/a> over a ten-year period, and add approximately $3 trillion if certain programs remain permanent.<\/p>\n<p>Left-wing members of Congress have called on the legislation to be brought forward for a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/20\/schumer-build-back-better-vote-january-joe-manchin-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vote<\/a> on the Senate floor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Sen. Joe Manchin wants to vote against the Build Back Better Act, he should have the opportunity to do so with a floor vote as soon as the Senate returns,\u201d Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanders.senate.gov\/press-releases\/news-sanders-calls-for-senate-vote-on-build-back-better\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Democrat who switched parties over the impeachment of former President Donald Trump said he \u201chopes\u201d Democratic West Virginia Sen. 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