{"id":1142065,"date":"2021-12-22T12:49:39","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T17:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1142065"},"modified":"2021-12-22T12:50:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T17:50:14","slug":"to-the-msm-john-mccain-was-a-maverick-joe-manchin-is-an-obstacle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/to-the-msm-john-mccain-was-a-maverick-joe-manchin-is-an-obstacle\/","title":{"rendered":"To the MSM, John McCain Was a Maverick. Joe Manchin Is an Obstacle.\u00a0"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fto-the-msm-john-mccain-was-a-maverick-joe-manchin-is-an-obstacle%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=1142065&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>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/\">Media<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Not all &#8216;no&#8217; votes are created equal<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pjimage-6-736x524-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"denied:data:image\/gif;base64, R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pjimage-6-736x524.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pjimage-6-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pjimage-6-1024x729.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pjimage-6-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pjimage-6-1400x997.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pjimage-6-690x491.jpg 690w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pjimage-6.jpg 1472w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/drew-holden\/\" title=\"Posts by Drew Holden\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Drew Holden<\/a> \u2022 December 22, 2021 12:40 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia has found himself in the hot seat after announcing he wouldn&#8217;t support Build Back Better, President Joe Biden&#8217;s ambitious climate and social spending bill.<\/p>\n<p>His colleagues in the Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/sunday-talk-shows\/586456-sanders-let-manchin-vote-no-on-build-back-better-in-front-of-the\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> he didn&#8217;t have &#8220;the courage to do the right thing,&#8221; and members of the House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-news\/aoc-manchin-biden-build-back-better-1274088\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called <\/a>the rationale for his vote &#8220;a farce.&#8221; News outlets reported on Manchin&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/the-beat-with-ari\/watch\/-betrayal-progressives-hammer-manchin-s-inexplicable-reversal-129225797600\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">betrayal<\/a>&#8221; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/20\/joe-manchin-has-seized-mantle-moderate-that-doesnt-always-fit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">questioned<\/a> his status as a moderate. Some reporters <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/samstein\/status\/1472576562142887948\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leapt to Twitter<\/a> to cry out that Manchin&#8217;s decision was &#8220;objectively devastating&#8221; for the planet.<\/p>\n<p>But it wasn&#8217;t so long ago that a senator bucking his party and his president was greeted by the press in a much different way. Former senator John McCain of Arizona cast perhaps his most famous vote in 2017, torpedoing the Republican effort to repeal Obamacare. This was an effort the GOP had made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/powerpost\/wp\/2016\/09\/19\/republicans-seize-on-obamacare-woes-to-help-save-congressional-majority\/\">the centerpiece of its 2016 election strategy<\/a>, and McCain&#8217;s thumbs-down was a deliberate middle finger to his own party.<\/p>\n<p>McCain was greeted as a hero, a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/07\/28\/politics\/john-mccain-maverick-health-care\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">maverick<\/a>&#8221; who had &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2018\/8\/25\/17782664\/john-mccain-legacy-obamacare-repeal-thumbs-down\">put country before party<\/a>&#8221; for supposedly ending the repeal efforts <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/352503-senate-wont-vote-on-obamacare-repeal-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that would continue on<\/a>. Manchin&#8217;s decision has been framed as a temporary roadblock and a self-interested betrayal.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the headlines side-by-side makes the difference in coverage clear.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Post<\/em> was thrilled that McCain &#8220;killed the GOP&#8217;s health care fight.&#8221; Build Back Better, despite Manchin&#8217;s resounding no, hasn&#8217;t been killed at all. It just has some stuff that Manchin &#8220;doesn&#8217;t like.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1550520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.47.14-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1690\" height=\"1346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.47.14-AM.png 1690w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.47.14-AM-300x239.png 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.47.14-AM-1024x816.png 1024w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.47.14-AM-768x612.png 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.47.14-AM-1536x1223.png 1536w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.47.14-AM-1400x1115.png 1400w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.47.14-AM-736x586.png 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.47.14-AM-616x491.png 616w\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To the <em>New York Times<\/em>, McCain&#8217;s vote against Obamacare repeal was &#8220;decisive.&#8221; But Manchin&#8217;s announcement that he won&#8217;t support Build Back Better has the <em>Times<\/em> looking for &#8220;a new way forward&#8221; for the legislation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1550526\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.47.37-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1766\" height=\"1230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.47.37-AM.png 1766w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.47.37-AM-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.47.37-AM-1024x713.png 1024w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.47.37-AM-768x535.png 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.47.37-AM-1536x1070.png 1536w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.47.37-AM-1400x975.png 1400w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.47.37-AM-736x513.png 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.47.37-AM-705x491.png 705w\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Over at MSNBC, McCain&#8217;s vote was gleefully credited with &#8220;dooming Obamacare repeal.&#8221; Manchin&#8217;s decision led them to ask: &#8220;What happens next?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1550562\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.48.00-AM-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1852\" height=\"1168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.48.00-AM-1.png 1852w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.48.00-AM-1-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.48.00-AM-1-1024x646.png 1024w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.48.00-AM-1-768x484.png 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.48.00-AM-1-1536x969.png 1536w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.48.00-AM-1-1400x883.png 1400w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.48.00-AM-1-736x464.png 736w\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For <em>Business Insider<\/em>, McCain&#8217;s no vote was a dramatic and fatal move that you just had to see. Manchin&#8217;s &#8220;demands,&#8221; on the other hand, are framed as unreasonable threats.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1550532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.48.15-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1464\" height=\"1196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.48.15-AM.png 1464w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.48.15-AM-300x245.png 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.48.15-AM-1024x837.png 1024w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.48.15-AM-768x627.png 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.48.15-AM-1400x1144.png 1400w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.48.15-AM-736x601.png 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.48.15-AM-601x491.png 601w\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Politico<\/em> hailed McCain as the &#8220;maverick&#8221; who &#8220;tanked Obamacare repeal&#8221; in a &#8220;stunning rebuke to President Trump and his own party leadership.&#8221; Manchin not only doesn&#8217;t get the same heroic treatment for defying his political party, he also gets framed as the bad guy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1550535\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.48.30-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1790\" height=\"1430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.48.30-AM.png 1790w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.48.30-AM-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.48.30-AM-1024x818.png 1024w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.48.30-AM-768x614.png 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.48.30-AM-1536x1227.png 1536w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.48.30-AM-1400x1118.png 1400w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.48.30-AM-736x588.png 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.48.30-AM-615x491.png 615w\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Huffington Post<\/em> could hardly contain its excitement at the &#8220;shock and awe!&#8221; of McCain&#8217;s no vote for Obamacare. Manchin, meanwhile, is described as a weakling who let his hurt feelings determine his vote, even though it was more likely due to his <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/574743-sinema-joins-manchin-in-doubling-down-against-35t-spending-target\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">long-standing and very public opposition to the bill.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1550538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.48.39-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1996\" height=\"1140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.48.39-AM.png 1996w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.48.39-AM-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.48.39-AM-1024x585.png 1024w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.48.39-AM-768x439.png 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.48.39-AM-1536x877.png 1536w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.48.39-AM-1400x800.png 1400w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.48.39-AM-736x420.png 736w\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Maybe Manchin shouldn&#8217;t hold out hope for CNN to cover his &#8220;maverick moment&#8221; in a positive light.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1550544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.53.00-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"868\" height=\"1166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.53.00-AM.png 868w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.53.00-AM-223x300.png 223w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.53.00-AM-762x1024.png 762w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.53.00-AM-768x1032.png 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.53.00-AM-736x989.png 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.53.00-AM-366x491.png 366w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screen-Shot-2021-12-22-at-10.53.00-AM-150x200.png 150w\" \/><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media Not all &#8216;no&#8217; votes are created equal  Drew Holden \u2022 December 22, 2021 12:40 pm Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia has found himself &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":309,"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-1142065","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\/1142065","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\/309"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1142065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142065\/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=1142065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1142065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1142065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}