Turns out Manchin was Trump's private confidant

[bigtree]

...says they got along smashingly.

Talking Points Memo @TPM
Manchin Says Trump Called Him ‘All The Time’: ‘We Had A Good Rapport’ https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/manchin-says-trump-called-him-all-the-time-we-had-a-good-rapport

Link to tweet

[Solly Mack]

1. Alrighty then.

[malaise]

5. I wonder if Trumpie is holding any secrets

We all know his modus operandi

[Solly Mack]

6. I got no comment other than alrighty then.

But you should have seen my face.

[malaise]

9. LOL

[uponit7771]

2. fffffffffffffffffffffffuck, Manchin: "... I had good rapport with a white supremacist..."

[Sur Zobra]

3. Not surprising

[blm]

4. Admitting a con artist targeted him for a long term con.

[TheBlackAdder]

8. Russia grooms Trump, Trump grooms. . .

[bigtree]

12. maybe he was a dupe

...but what does he know, and when did he know it?

Some enterprising reporter should match his WH phone calls to events. Maybe they already have, and this is his attempt to preempt that reporting. Can't see any upside in this admission, unless he's looking to switch parties, but that's just me.

[TheBlackAdder]

7. Is this guy planning on flipping parties next run? Why would he say that?

[UncleTomsEvilBrother]

10. At this point...

...it seems that Manchin is fighting for his political life in WV. With DEMS having not won a single county in this past GE, Manchin may know something about his own political fate that we don't.

[TheBlackAdder]

13. That's why he should support voting rights, statehood for DC & PR now, and his constituents.

.

The positions he's holding about relief & recovery are actually detrimental to his state.

.

[lagomorph777]

22. He doesn't give a shit about his constituents. He loves having power over a divided Senate.

Why would he want to tip the balance and lose his power?

[TheBlackAdder]

23. THIS! 👍 Manchin is going to hold onto the power and attention he craves. Self-Serving over USA!

[Blue Owl]

11. Fat Donny's shameful little secret

[moondust]

14. Kompromat, Joe?

Your buddy is pals with a tyrant who has the tools to gather kompromat.

[Stuart G]

15. K and R

[yaesu]

16. so, probably still in touch with the former guy? nt

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

17. Can anyone say...

kompromat??

[Demnation]

18. A DINO is as a DINO does.

[GaYellowDawg]

19. Now there's a fucking surprise.

Anyone who touts a "good rapport" with Trump is a fucking dirtbag who doesn't need to be in office.

[msfiddlestix]

20. It's actually possible Manchin is making stuff up...

Like actually LYING so that he would be good standing with Trump's cult base in WV.

If memory serves, Manchin DID VOTE YES on Impeachment both times, right?

Am I misremembering his vote on each of these extremely important matters?

If I'm correct, does he think the WV voters won't be aware of his votes?

I don't think he's going to wait until 2022 elections to jump the fence. I feel it coming any day now.

[lagomorph777]

21. We need to get out the vote and get more Senators in 2022.

Make this scum-sucker irrelevant.

[UTUSN]

24. K&R for, barf.

[lagomorph777]

25. Goddamned MOLE.

[DontBelieveEastisEas]

26. It's politics

I believe he says that for political reasons. If I'm not mistaken, he needs votes from republicans and republican leaning independents in order to win election.

So, I don't think knowing this, if true, makes him a guy I care less about.

[PatSeg]

27. Oh ugh

He has no moral compass whatsoever.

[senseandsensibility]

28. Sickening, but

he did vote to impeach both times, right?

[Habitation]

29. Play hardball with Manchurian nt