{"id":1141634,"date":"2021-12-22T11:04:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T16:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1141634"},"modified":"2021-12-22T11:04:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T16:04:19","slug":"top-republicans-pressure-manchin-to-switch-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-republicans-pressure-manchin-to-switch-parties\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Republicans Pressure Manchin To Switch Parties"},"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\">14<\/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%2Ftop-republicans-pressure-manchin-to-switch-parties%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=1141634&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>Republicans are upping their calls for West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin to switch parties after he said he would not vote for President Joe Biden\u2019s domestic spending bill.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kxan.com\/news\/political-news\/texas-sen-cornyn-joins-republicans-recruiting-joe-manchin-to-gop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> Nexstar that he texted Manchin to encourage him to switch 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\">came out as a \u201cno,\u201d<\/a> telling him, \u201cJoe, if [Democrats] don\u2019t want you we do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Cornyn said he did not get a response, he said that Manchin switching would be \u201cthe greatest Christmas present I can think of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019d love to have him,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/12\/21\/us\/politics\/mcconnell-manchin-republican.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> The New York Times that Republicans would \u201clove\u201d to have Manchin in their caucus after he severely, if not mortally, wounded the $1.7 trillion bill\u2019s chances of becoming law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously we would love to have him on our team,\u201d McConnell said. \u201cI think he\u2019d be more comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McConnell also brought up Democrats\u2019 criticism of Manchin after he announced his position, asking why his own party would accuse him of being a \u201cliar and try to hotbox him and embarrass him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the message is, \u2018We don\u2019t want you around,\u2019\u201d McConnell said. \u201cObviously that is up to Joe Manchin, but he is clearly not welcome on that side of the aisle.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/20\/joe-manchin-fires-back-after-gloves-off-statement-opposition-bidens-spending-package\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018They Know The Real Reason\u2019: Manchin Fires Back At The White House After Gloves-Off Statement Criticizes His Opposition To BBB)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7341485\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7341485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Minority Leader Mitch McConnell talks to Sen. John Cornyn in the Capitol. (SAMUEL CORUM\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In addition to Democrats who had counted on Manchin\u2019s vote to pass the bill, known as the Build Back Better Act, the White House also <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/19\/jen-psaki-joe-manchin-joe-biden-build-back-better-act\/\">criticized<\/a> Manchin for his opposition, calling it \u201cat odds with his discussions this week with the President, with White House staff, and with his own public utterances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manchin, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/20\/joe-manchin-fires-back-after-gloves-off-statement-opposition-bidens-spending-package\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fired back<\/a> Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey figured surely to God we can move one person,\u201d Manchin said. \u201cWe surely can badger and beat one person up. Surely we can get enough protesters to make that person uncomfortable enough that they\u2019ll just say, \u2018OK I\u2019ll vote for anything.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, guess what? I\u2019m from West Virginia,\u201d Manchin added. \u201cI\u2019m not from where they\u2019re from and they can just beat the living crap out of people and think they\u2019ll be submissive, period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans are upping their calls for West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin to switch parties after he said he would not vote for President Joe Biden\u2019s domestic spending bill.Texas Republican &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1141634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1141634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1141634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1141634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1141634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}