{"id":1142166,"date":"2021-12-22T13:19:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T18:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1142166"},"modified":"2021-12-22T13:19:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T18:19:38","slug":"report-joe-manchins-fundraising-surged-260k-while-opposing-bidens-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-joe-manchins-fundraising-surged-260k-while-opposing-bidens-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Joe Manchin\u2019s Fundraising Surged $260K While Opposing Biden\u2019s Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Freport-joe-manchins-fundraising-surged-260k-while-opposing-bidens-agenda%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=1142166&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1233467781-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Sen. Joe Manchin\u2019s (D-WV) fundraising reportedly surged $260,000 while opposing President Biden\u2019s massive tax and spend welfare package.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin\u2019s Country Roads PAC&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/12\/21\/joe-manchin-pac-saw-surge-of-corporate-donations-as-he-fought-biden-agenda.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">received<\/a> 17 contributions for over $150,000 in October. November\u2019s numbers were equally impressive with&nbsp;19 contributions totaling over $110,000, according to CNBC, citing Federal Election Commission filings.<\/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>In the four months prior to October, when the Senate was not focused on passing Biden\u2019s $1.9 trillion&nbsp;reconciliation package, the PAC reportedly did not raise any money.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Among the list of companies that reportedly donated to Manchin are:<\/p>\n<div class=\"BoxInline-container\">\n<ul>\n<li id=\"BoxInline-ArticleBody-5\" class=\"BoxInline-container\">American Express<\/li>\n<li class=\"BoxInline-container\">Goldman Sachs<\/li>\n<li class=\"BoxInline-container\">Lockheed Martin<\/li>\n<li class=\"BoxInline-container\">UnitedHealth Group<\/li>\n<li class=\"BoxInline-container\">Blue Cross Blue Shield<\/li>\n<li class=\"BoxInline-container\">CNX Resources<\/li>\n<li class=\"BoxInline-container\">Verizon<\/li>\n<li class=\"BoxInline-container\">Union Pacific Wells Fargo<\/li>\n<li class=\"BoxInline-container\">Coal and mining industry PACs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>CNBC reported $54,000 of the money was spent on&nbsp;lodging, catering, food, beverages, and golf in West Virginia, Florida, and D.C.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Manchin announced on Fox News he would not support Biden\u2019s $1.9 trillion reconciliation package, capping months of negotiations between Manchin, far-left House members, the White House, and Senate Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin\u2019s opposition joins 50 Republican senators who oppose Biden\u2019s radical legislation in a 50\u201350 split Senate.<\/p>\n<p>While Manchin has opposed the legislation over fears it would increase 40-year-high inflation and cement the American welfare state, Democrat members ridiculed the West Virginia senator for disloyalty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf his comments on FOX and written statement indicate an end to that effort, they represent a sudden and inexplicable reversal in his position, and a breach of his commitments to the President and the Senator\u2019s colleagues in the House and Senate,\u201d the White House scolded.<\/p>\n<p>Reports on Monday revealed Manchin, who hails from a state where Biden lost by nearly 40 percentage points in 2020, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/20\/report-joe-manchin-may-become-an-independent-after-white-house-accuses-him-of-disloyalty\/\">considering<\/a> becoming an independent.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) responds to Democrat backlash following his announced opposition to Build Back Better:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, guess what? I\u2019m from West Virginia. I\u2019m not from where they\u2019re from, [where] they can just beat the living crap out of people and think they\u2019ll be submissive.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O9Z91mvPjp\">pic.twitter.com\/O9Z91mvPjp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Recount (@therecount) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therecount\/status\/1473272166431051782?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m from West Virginia,\u201d he&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/manchin-defends-decision-quash-build-back-better-act-saying-he-n1286312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">stated<\/a>&nbsp;Monday. \u201cI\u2019m not from where they\u2019re [Democrats] from, and they can just beat the living crap out of people and think they\u2019ll be submissive, period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on Twitter&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\"><em>@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Joe Manchin\u2019s (D-WV) fundraising reportedly surged $260,000 while opposing President Biden\u2019s massive tax and spend welfare package. Manchin\u2019s Country Roads PAC\u00a0received 17 contributions for over $150,000 in October. 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