{"id":1907725,"date":"2023-03-31T08:55:50","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T12:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-manchin-the-make-believe-mugwump\/"},"modified":"2023-03-31T09:17:35","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T13:17:35","slug":"joe-manchin-the-make-believe-mugwump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-manchin-the-make-believe-mugwump\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Manchin, The Make-Believe Mugwump"},"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\">10<\/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%2Fjoe-manchin-the-make-believe-mugwump%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=1907725&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><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">A mugwump is someone who sits on a fence with their derriere, also known as wumps, on one side and their face, or &#8220;mug,&#8221; on the other.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">They have a history of being viewed as politically independent and loyal to neither party.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) wants you to think he&#8217;s a mugwump despite voting with President Joe Biden almost 90% of the time, especially on significant issues like the Inflation Reduction Act.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">He must, however, persuade his state&#8217;s voters\u2014who supported former President Donald Trump by 40 points in 2020\u2014that he is a maverick willing to challenge the Democratic Establishment in order to maintain his political relevance.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">Manchin, however, has lamented that the Biden administration somehow tricked him into voting for the Inflation Reduction Act in The Wall Street Journal&#8217;s opinion pages rather than speaking his mind.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">He now claims that by referring to the law as &#8220;Biden&#8217;s Inflation Reduction Act Betrayal,&#8221; the Democrats are abusing its intended purpose.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">The &#8220;Inflation Reduction Act&#8221; would not lower inflation, as anyone with a brain could see.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">The Dems&#8217; special pet projects were crammed onto an overstuffed bill.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">Even before it was passed, the bill was being marketed as a &#8220;climate change&#8221; solutions bill.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">Anyone with any knowledge is aware that when the left refers to &#8220;climate change&#8221; solutions, they frequently mean attacking the fossil fuel industry, which Manchin&#8217;s state depends on for its economy and way of life.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">Manchin complained in The Journal that &#8220;unelected ideologues, bureaucracy, and appointees seem determined to violate and subvert the law to advance a partisan agenda that ignores both energy and fiscal security.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">That pretty much sums up the Left&#8217;s entire repertoire.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">Whatever can give Democrats more power is the only justification for their legislative objectives.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">The current problem, which is rising prices and bad weather, is merely a fa\u00e7ade for them to grow the government and enrich their friends.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">They are redefining &#8220;domestic energy&#8221; to raise clean-energy spending to potentially deficit-breaking levels, he continued, &#8220;in particular, they are disobeying the law&#8217;s intent to support and expand fossil energy.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">The national debt serves as the foundation for Manchin&#8217;s concerns.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">He contends that Mr. Biden is the only person who can control this extremism because his coworkers are radical.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">His justification is illogical.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">The law was signed by Biden, along with other significant spending plans that Manchin enthusiastically endorsed.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">He &#8220;rein in&#8221; his party, but why?<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">They are carrying out his exact request.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">The current Governor Jim Justice, who is Manchin&#8217;s viable GOP challenger, is a much more likely scenario.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">Justice weighs 368 pounds and is 6&#8217;7&#8243;.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">or so, and at least $500 million was spent by the richest man in the state.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">In other words, he might be Manchin&#8217;s replacement.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">Manchin may have played his cards right, though, and can now rely on Democratic support to maintain his competitive edge.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">One can hear him saying, &#8220;I vote with you when it matters most,&#8221; as he struggles to raise the necessary funds for his party.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">Additionally, Manchin has a history of political repercussions.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">Remember that in 2021, Biden already appointed Manchin&#8217;s wife to the cushy position of federal co-chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">He cast his 50th vote for Biden&#8217;s American Rescue Plan at the same time as that position.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">He is currently pretending to be furious that his own colleagues have duped him.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">He is not deserving of sympathy.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">He is either a charlatan attempting to persuade his state&#8217;s voters that he is on their side or, at the very least, an idiot for believing the president.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence changed\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">It is probably a combination of the two, just like everything else in life.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">He is the make-believe mugwump who supports the Democrats wholeheartedly.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sentence\"><span class=\"sentence_item\">The author&#8217;s opinions expressed in this essay are their own, and they may not reflect those of The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mugwump is somebody who sits on a fence with his face, AKA the mug, on one side, and his derriere, AKA the wump, on the other. Historically, they are seen as politically independent, with allegiances to neither political party. It\u2019s supposed to be a bit of an insult, but Sen. 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