{"id":205673,"date":"2021-03-09T20:30:46","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T01:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=205673"},"modified":"2021-03-09T20:30:52","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T01:30:52","slug":"we-have-evolved-manchin-grilled-during-interview-about-his-recent-change-in-tune-on-the-filibuster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-have-evolved-manchin-grilled-during-interview-about-his-recent-change-in-tune-on-the-filibuster\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We Have Evolved\u2019: Manchin Grilled During Interview About His Recent Change In Tune On The Filibuster"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fwe-have-evolved-manchin-grilled-during-interview-about-his-recent-change-in-tune-on-the-filibuster%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=205673&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\/03\/Jm-1-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) was grilled during an interview with Fox News anchor Bret Baier on Tuesday afternoon over his recent remarks about being open to change the filibuster to make it more \u201cpainful\u201d to use.<\/p>\n<p>Baier played a clip of Manchin saying last month that he would not vote to change the filibuster. Baier then played a clip of Manchin saying the following during a Fox News interview on Sunday:<\/p>\n<p>When asked what he meant by his remark, Manchin said, \u201cWell, you have to look at everything you can because we have evolved and from evolving is this: I will never foresight my belief that the minority should have input, they should be involved in this process. And reconciliation does not give them much chance. I\u2019ve been on the minority in in the majority, Bret. And I can tell you, the Senate was designed for the minority\u2019s input.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked if there was any nuance in his remarks, Manchin said, \u201cThere\u2019s so many different ways you can look at that. You can look at it as what\u2019s the pain. You had Jimmy Stewart what Mr. Smith Comes to Washington, this talking filibusters, you had that. You had other things to where people had to be present, when they basically announced that they were going to filibuster. And it had to be the pain of being there, not just saying it from your office and calling down saying, I\u2019m against that, and let the good times roll because you don\u2019t have to be present. So many things that we can do. But you have to give the minority the ability to object or involve themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manchin said that he was not talking about lowering the lowering the 60-vote threshold and that \u201ceverybody\u2019s seeing what they want to see.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id>\n<p><em>BRET BAIER, FOX NEWS HOST: The other thing we talked about back in February 2 was the filibuster and where you stood. Here\u2019s what you said to me.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>[START VIDEO]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BAIER: Two much questions here. One under what conditions would you vote to end the filibuster?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>SEN. JOE MANCHIN (D-WV): I don\u2019t think there is any.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BAIER: Sinema and yourself, you\u2019re both public, but are there other Democrats that you know of that would not vote to bust up the filibuster?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MANCHIN: I sure do. I think there is, I really do.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>[END VIDEO]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BAIER: Alright, so then this weekend, you told \u201cFox News Sunday\u201d this about the filibuster.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>[START VIDEO]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MANCHIN: The filibuster should be painful, it really should be painful, and we\u2019ve made it more comfortable over the years. Not intentionally. Maybe it just evolved into that. Maybe it has to be more painful. Maybe you have to stand there.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>[END VIDEO]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BAIER: So what does that mean?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MANCHIN: Well, basically \u2026 Well, you have to look at everything you can because we have evolved and from evolving is this: I will never foresight my belief that the minority should have input, they should be involved in this process. And reconciliation does not give them much chance. I\u2019ve been on the minority in in the majority, Bret. And I can tell you, the Senate was designed for the minority\u2019s input.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BAIER: No nuance in your statement? Is there nuance in that answer?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MANCHIN: There\u2019s so many different ways you can look at that. You can look at it as what\u2019s the pain. You had Jimmy Stewart what Mr. Smith Comes to Washington, this talking filibusters, you had that. You had other things to where people had to be present, when they basically announced that they were going to filibuster. And it had to be the pain of being there, not just saying it from your office and calling down saying, I\u2019m against that, and let the good times roll because you don\u2019t have to be present. So many things that we can do. But you have to give the minority the ability to object or involve themselves.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BAIER: But still 60 votes?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MANCHIN: Yes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BAIER: You\u2019re not taking it down or lowering the bar?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MANCHIN: No, no, no. I am not and will not on that no 60 vote. But there\u2019s different ways to get to that 60 vote. And if people have to make sure that they\u2019re willing to to show them and it\u2019d be great, don\u2019t you think if someone was down there telling you why they\u2019re objecting, if I was in the minority, I\u2019m telling you, I\u2019m rejecting this objecting to something that the majority wants and I should be able to speak to that.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BAIER: I\u2019ll just say Senator, different people hear different things in what you\u2019re saying here and you know, is there something like specific issues that you drop the filibuster and others that you don\u2019t? Or are you kind of saying this your deal, 60 votes?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MANCHIN: The only way you drop the filibuster is when you go to reconciliation, budget reconciliation. And then if you got rid of the Byrd rule, you would really let caution to the wind, we have not done that. The parliamentarian rule, when they rule, that\u2019s what we\u2019re going to protect that rule from parliamentarian, that protect the Byrd rule, so they can\u2019t come around the back and get rid of the filibuster. The 60 vote filibuster is something that we believe in. And they\u2019re saying, well, you know, it\u2019s not always been 60. It was 67 at one time, it was a standing, basically, debate filibuster, so many different ways. But right now we have a 60 vote threshold. And I haven\u2019t seen anything that would improve on allowing the minority to participate, I want to make sure the minority can participate.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BAIER: Here\u2019s how The Atlantic put it. \u201cThe trend in the Senate is to make exceptions to the filibuster rule, rather than to eliminate it. If an essential bill comes along and Manchin wants it to pass, an exception can be carved out to fit the circumstances and get the job done. Politically, this path is typical of Manchin because it keeps his options open. With no filibuster, Manchin might have to be the 50th-vote power that commentators are so eager to assign him but he would also be on the spot for every bill. With the filibuster still nominally enforced, the GOP can do all the work on his right flank while he appeals for consensus.\u201d So again, it seems like democrats are seeing some light here that they are going to open up some legislation, and you\u2019re going to be on board.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MANCHIN: Everybody\u2019s seeing what they want to see, I guess. I can\u2019t explain why they\u2019re reading into it that I am going to protect the filibuster. Why in the world do we have two senators for every state no matter if you got 40 million people in your state, or if you have 700,000 people, but you have the same representation? The Senate was designed, Bret, to be different, and we are different. Everybody has input, doesn\u2019t matter how big you are, or what majority you\u2019re in, the minority has to have input. And I\u2019m going to protect that to the best of my ability. So I don\u2019t know where they\u2019re coming from and why they\u2019re assuming so many different things. It\u2019s not an envious position to be in. I can assure you, I didn\u2019t lobby for this. And can you imagine if we ran the whole Senate based on a 50-50 tie right now, how horrible that would be?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BAIER: Well, I guess people, some of them look at what you said about being bipartisan on the COVID relief bill, and it didn\u2019t happen and then you did bipartisan amendments, and you did this vote-a-rama and you did some bipartisan talking, but in the end, you voted for Chuck Schumer\u2019s amendment that kind of erased everything that had happened before. I guess there\u2019s some cynicism about the bipartisan action that you\u2019re talking about.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MANCHIN: You\u2019re talking on the first vote-a-rama we had?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BAIER: Exactly.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MANCHIN. Yeah, that was horrible what had happened. That is horrible what had happened and I told him, that\u2019ll never happen again. I\u2019ll never be in that position again where that happens and they do what they call a wraparound and scrub. No, no, no, you didn\u2019t see that happening on the second one, did you?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BAIER: No.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MANCHIN: Well, okay. [Inaudbile], yeah, that\u2019s not gonna happen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BAIER: So you\u2019re gonna stand firm?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MANCHIN: Oh, yes. Yeah, I think everybody knows that. I want to work with, I work on it Bret, we got to bring people together.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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