{"id":902496,"date":"2021-10-20T15:28:51","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T19:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=902496"},"modified":"2021-10-20T15:28:53","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T19:28:53","slug":"bullsht-manchin-unloads-on-rumors-hes-leaving-dems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bullsht-manchin-unloads-on-rumors-hes-leaving-dems\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018BULLSH*T!\u2019 Manchin Unloads On Rumors He\u2019s Leaving Dems"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fbullsht-manchin-unloads-on-rumors-hes-leaving-dems%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=902496&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><\/div>\n<p>Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin told reporters on Wednesday that a report claiming that he might leave the Democratic Party is \u201cbullshit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t control rumors,\u201d the moderate told NBC News\u2019 Frank Thorp as he walked outside the Capitol. \u201cIt\u2019s bullshit, bullshit spelled with a B-U-L-L, capital \u2018B,&#8217;\u201d Manchin said of a Mother Jones <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211020172303\/https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/senator-joe-manchin-democratic-party-exit-plan-biden-infrastructure-deal-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a> that he would leave the Democratic Party over the Build Back Better Act, which party leaders hope to pass through the reconciliation process.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"12.539432176656\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">MANCHIN to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/burgessev?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@burgessev<\/a> and me on the report he is threatening to leave the Democratic Party if his demands are not met on infrastructure: \u201cI can\u2019t control rumors and it\u2019s bullshit, bullshit spelled with a B, U, L, L, capital \u2018B\u2019\u201d: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ex8iHMIiSs\">pic.twitter.com\/ex8iHMIiSs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/frankthorp\/status\/1450888630977892357?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One of the most moderate senators in either party, Manchin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.senate.gov\/chair\">chairs<\/a> the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee and is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democrats.senate.gov\/dpcc\">vice-chair<\/a> of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC). He is the only Democrat in West Virginia\u2019s congressional delegation, and became the only Democrat elected statewide when Gov. Jim Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2017\/08\/03\/wv-governor-changes-party-registration-to-republican-video\/\">switched<\/a> to the Republican Party in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin has repeatedly sparred with the left flank of the Democratic Party throughout Build Back Better negotiations. After he expressed concerns about a green energy provision that could harm West Virginia\u2019s coal industry, Democratic Illinois Rep. Sean Casten <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/18\/sean-casten-west-virginia-irrelevant-joe-manchin-green-energy\/\">joked<\/a> that West Virginia could remain exempt from it, because the state \u201cis an irrelevant part of our economy.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/18\/manchin-demands-democrats-climate-change-child-tax-credit\/\">(RELATED: Manchin Reportedly Outlines Demands For Democrats\u2019 Climate Change, Child Tax Credit Plan)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders wrote an op-ed in Manchin\u2019s hometown newspaper calling on West Virginians to pressure Manchin into supporting the Build Back Better Act, Manchin <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/16\/joe-manchin-bernie-sanders-west-virginia-newspaper-build-back-better\/\">claimed<\/a> that it was not \u201cthe first time an out-of-stater has tried to tell West Virginians what is best for them despite having no relationship to our state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a result of these feuds, as well as his positions on issues like abortion, Mother Jones reporter David Corn claimed that Manchin is considering leaving the DPCC in order to send a signal about his displeasure about the negotiations process. If that move did not successfully change the tone and content of the negotiations, Corn wrote, Manchin would then leave the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin has been the subject of party-switching rumors before, although he has thrown cold water on them every time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a good old West Virginia conservative Democrat\u2026 I\u2019m still a proud West Virginia Democrat who loves my proud West Virginia Republicans,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zR7DQp8k8WM\">told<\/a> Fox News\u2019 Bret Baier in December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin told reporters on Wednesday that a report claiming that he might leave the Democratic Party is \u201cbullshit.\u201d\u201cI can\u2019t control rumors,\u201d the moderate told NBC &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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-902496","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\/902496","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=902496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902496\/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=902496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=902496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=902496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}