This one photo tells you all you need to know about Manchin's motivation.

[Bleacher Creature]

Link to tweet

[calimary]

1. Baby wants attention.

[Thomas Hurt]

2. I was thinking this a couple of weeks ago, he is just another narcissist looking for his fix.

That is why he likes being the spoiler.

[lagomorph777]

3. I think it's mainly the cash.

We need to out-bid the fossil fuel companies, or put in subsidies so they can convert to renewable energy companies. He could take his cut from them.

[Irish_Dem]

10. I think it is both wealth and power driving him. But yes mostly cash.

[yonder]

4. Once the results of the last election were known,

Someone on DU was arguing Manchin would become the most powerful person in the Senate, perhaps all of Congress. With the exception of leadership, I believe they were right.

[BlueJac]

5. He gets his no matter what!

From big fossil fuel companies

[BlueIdaho]

9. Don't forget his Pharma dough. nt.

[pwb]

6. Seems the people surrounding him are the problem to me.

All looking to make us look bad, anyway they can. Fuck the Media they are against us.

[Vinca]

7. I just posted something on another thread that fits this picture perfectly.

The guy is loving every second of this. He doesn't give 2 shits about child care or old people getting eyeglasses, all he wants is a camera focused on his puss.

[LenaBaby61]

8. PLUS ....

President Biden's agenda is going down in flames it seems thanks to Mr. & Miss. Bought off by big monies, and with the mid-terms not too far away McConnell and his GQP/US Taliban party--along with the not EVER liberal but very corporate media--are going to be tattooing Dems and especially Biden for being a "failure." Most of the country is FOR President Biden's agenda.

Too many American's don't even know where that huge deficit came from, and it was mostly due to that huge tax cut for the rich/corporations that tRump/GQP gave to his buddies for the unforeseeable future. Giving out money like it was candy to rich folks/corporations has never worked to help stimulate the economy, nor has Trickle Down or Supply Side economics, which the GPQ STILL loves.

[Nixie]

11. He's not the only one, by far.