Paid leave's demise tough on backers in Manchin's home state

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Jessi Garman, the mother of 3-year-old twin girls, has been searching for a job while also trying to have a third child with her husband, who's in the military. Optimistic that Congress finally would approve paid family medical leave, she thought the time seemed right.

But that was before opposition by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia torpedoed the proposal. Both having another baby and getting full-time work doesn't seem feasible now, and Garman's hopefulness has turned into anger.

“It almost feels personal because Joe Manchin is my senator,” said Garman, of Milton.

Supporters of a decades-old proposal to let workers take time off for medical needs including childbirth, surgeries and end-of-life care are dealing with another disappointment in Manchin's home of West Virginia, a poor state with one of the nation's oldest populations.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/paid-leaves-demise-tough-on-backers-in-manchins-home-state/ar-AAQ9Hl1

[Walleye]

1. Why is he doing this to his people???

[AleksS]

2. They're not his people.

They’re just the people he’s supposed to represent. HIS people are the ones writing the checks and throwing the yacht parties.

[Walleye]

3. Yes, the truth really hurts here

[Irish_Dem]

7. He speaks with disdain when referring to his constituents.

Accusing them of all kinds of criminal behavior and entitlement if they get any services or benefits.

[spooky3]

4. I hope she contacted his office to tell him. Nt

[Hoyt]

5. The leave is a big deal, hope it's included. Not my say, but not sure now

is the best time to have another child and look for a job so she can get leave if it passes.

Think she’s in minority, but maybe she’s not the best poster lady for family leave.

[msongs]

6. maybe she could wait to have more kids til she can afford it nt

[Silent3]

8. Looks like Manchin is shooting for total demise of everything n/t

Including any hope of Democrats keeping the House and the Senate in 2022, undoing Republican voter suppression, and (whether Biden could actually win re-election or not) having Congress ever acknowledge that a Democrat won the Presidency ever again.

But, hey, he has "concerns".