{"id":1143465,"date":"2021-12-22T19:19:58","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T00:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1143465"},"modified":"2021-12-22T19:20:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T00:20:00","slug":"mcconnell-manchin-welcome-in-the-gop-possible-hed-keep-energy-chairmanship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-manchin-welcome-in-the-gop-possible-hed-keep-energy-chairmanship\/","title":{"rendered":"McConnell: Manchin Welcome in the GOP; Possible He&#039;d Keep Energy Chairmanship"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fmcconnell-manchin-welcome-in-the-gop-possible-hed-keep-energy-chairmanship%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=1143465&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-1203195042-mitch-mcconnell-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) sounded off on Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) reportedly thinking about leaving the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>The White House slammed Manchin as disloyal to the party after the senator rejected&nbsp;President Joe Biden\u2019s Build Back Better agenda.<\/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>McConnell told \u201cThe Hugh Hewitt Show\u201d that if Manchin were to join the GOP, he would find \u201ca lot of folks who have similar views on a whole range of issues.\u201d He added it was possible Manchin would get to keep his chairmanship of the Energy Committee if he made the move.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201c[W]hat the White House did to Joe Manchin the other day, basically calling him a liar, it was astonishing,\u201d McConnell declared. \u201cUsually, when you\u2019ve got a member a little bit out of sync with everybody else, you give him a lot of love. They did exactly the opposite.<\/p>\n<p>Host Hugh Hewitt asked, \u201cHave you spoken with him or written to him about whether or not he might want to cross the aisle like Winston Churchill and Jim Jeffords did?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, you know, as I\u2019ve said the last couple of days, I\u2019ve had this conversation with him off and on for a couple of years,\u201d McConnell replied. \u201cWe come from states that have a lot in common, that have become increasingly red over the last decade or so. And I think what Manchin is discovering is that there just aren\u2019t any Democrats left in the Senate that are pro-life and terribly concerned about debt and deficit and inflation. So he feels like a man alone. If he were to join us, he\u2019d be joining a lot of folks who have similar views on a whole range of issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[W]ould he get to keep his chairmanship of Energy? Energy is a big deal for West Virginia. He\u2019s chairman right now. If he switched over, would the gavel stay in his hands?\u201d Hewitt asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s something we\u2019d talk to him about. Obviously, he, I\u2019m sure, enjoys being chair of the committee. It\u2019s important to West Virginia. And all of those things are things we\u2019ve discussed,\u201d McConnell advised.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Trent Baker&nbsp;on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MagnifiTrent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@MagnifiTrent<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) sounded off on Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) reportedly thinking about leaving the Democratic Party. 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