Manchin "thrown out" of the room while reading FBI report because it was the "Republicans' turn"

[Miles Archer]

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@Emma_Dumain

Undecided Dem Sen Manchin tells reporters he has been "thrown out" of the room where he'd been reading the only copy of the FBI report because it was the "Republicans' turn" to read it. He says he has to come back tomorrow to finish, then will make a decision on Kavanaugh.

1:22 PM - 4 Oct 2018

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[Raster]

1. Well Joe, I can kinda see their confusion...

...sometimes I'm not sure which side you're on.

[madaboutharry]

2. Republicans are a bunch of assholes.

Aren't they trying to get this guy's vote?

[Meadowoak]

3. If I were Manchin, and on the fence, this would be enough to make me vote NO.

[Tiggeroshii]

7. He will still win handily.

He has a good case for voting no.

[LandOfHopeAndDreams]

13. You Joined Today Just To Tell Us This?

If he votes Yes, then he loses his seat.

Hopefully he does the right thing.

[BigmanPigman]

4. GOOD! I hope he is as pissed off as we are at the GOP!

[Iliyah]

5. LOL

[book_worm]

6. You would think they would be trying to kiss his ass from here to kingdom come

rather than throwing him out of the room.

[jodymarie aimee]

8. sometimes I would like to

BONK him on the head, too !!

[northoftheborder]

9. This whole scheme of having only ONE copy...

....of the FBI report, only one person at a time looking at it, is totally ridiculous.




And the secrecy is also nuts.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

12. It's almost like

they have *something* to hide. If it was the kind "exoneration" they're claiming it to be, one might wonder why they're not handing out copies to reporters.


Frankly, I felt that Kavanaugh's "testimony" last Thursday was disqualifying in and of itself- and actually seemed to corroborate Dr. Ford's testimony better than any FBI supplemental investigation could.

[northoftheborder]

15. I agree.

His performance at his hearing is enough for me to say he's definitely unqualified, regardless of other information.

[nature-lover]

16. R's want to see how far that they can push. Trump and R's like making people angry.

When they get a reaction, even anger, it makes them feel powerful.

[C_U_L8R]

14. This is the exact opposite of open government

Republicans are nothing but Nazi weenies. Fuck em and vote em out. For good.

[Neema]

17. Seriously, you get treated like this and that isn't enough for you to say fuck you GOP?

Jesus, what's it going to take?

[Scurrilous]

18. ...

[ZeroSomeBrains]

19. Come on manchin

You're running up the score in your race this year. Take a stand against rapenaugh especially when they treat you like this.

[BumRushDaShow]

20. I missed this post earlier so that means they won't be doing a cloture vote tonight.