Manchin, on CNN, said the country is "center, center, right".

[boston bean]

He is WRONG.

And he ought to be brought to task by Biden for that statement.


Screw him. Pissed me off!

[Walleye]

1. Sounds like he's never been to the West Coast, or the East Coast. Sick of hearing what he has to say

[mucifer]

8. he will say ANYTHING his owners pay him to say and destroy us in the process

[Bluethroughu]

2. Well the phone calls he's answering are from

1/3 of deplorables, so I understand his logic.

[bullwinkle428]

3. The battle cry of every right-winger throughout my entire adult life.

[OneBlueDotS-Carolina]

4. John Berman must be a secret grad...

of the chuck todd school of broadcasting... he let manchin lie thru his teeth. The Heritage inst lie about the upcoming social security bankruptcy manchin uses all the time, SS can't go bankrupt. Berman should have said, read the Pew polls, America is not as you claim a "center right" nation...Senator how can you make such a foolish claim, in fact senator, your claims are all pretty much repub talking points, is the paper you're reading from, a repub hotshot?

Brianna Keiler would have ripped manchin to shreds, you can bet manchin refused to let Brianna interview him.

[Celerity]

5. I gave seen the same thing claimed right here by some

the country is "center, center, right".

and no, they did NOT mean on the ideological scale of most of the rest of the advanced nations (where it would be centre right to straight RW overall in comparison to many, and likely most)

[doc03]

6. That may be true but the leadership of the Republican party is

Fascist.

[colsohlibgal]

7. Dead Wrong

I hope there is a competent charismatic less of a pain in the you know where than this misguided drama queen somewhere in West Virginia to primary him.

[delisen]

9. Olds republican talking point . Favorite claim of Hannity. Nt

[Hoyt]

10. Right or wrong, there are a lot of right/white wingers in this country.

[JohnSJ]

16. yes there are

[JanMichael]

11. It is Stupid, Stupid. nt

[Magoo48]

12. How the fuck would he know?

He’s greedy, greedy right.

[Septua]

13. I think Manchin...

..is mostly a center right politician trying to make the majority of W VA voters happy. And West Virginia is mostly red so his politician tactics are pretty good. And a lot of the country is center right...

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/11/06/manchin-win-west-virginia-senate-2018-elections-midterms-222226/

[Poiuyt]

14. Most American's like the Democratic agenda

Not everything perhaps, but Americans approve of many items that Dems are pushing for, especially when they're not identified as a Democratic issue vs Republican issue. If you ask people if they want increased taxes on billionaires or expanded healthcare (for example) they tend to agree with Democrats. And the more a person is educated on an issue, the more they tend to side with liberals.

The problem comes when a pollster says "do you agree with the Democrats or the Republicans on this issue?" Then they tend to side with Republicans. Republicans are MUCH better at messaging than we are.

[JohnSJ]

17. Unless something passes, there is no agenda, no mater whose fault it is

[Septua]

15. And...

..Manchin may well be planning another run in 2024, so he keeps playing both sides of the fence. Politicians...

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/26/manchin-weighs-another-term-as-his-influence-peaks-500648

[Doodley]

18. Oh gee. Having lived in Europe most my life, I can tell you this country is very much to the right.

[FunkyLeprechaun]

19. To be honest

As a Dem living in the U.K., my perspective from looking from the outside is he’s right on the country being centrist. I don’t like Manchin but… 🤷‍♀️

Even the party itself would be considered right wing in the U.K. (lots of issues I support in the us, such as gun control and universal health care, are already settled in the U.K.). And I don’t even like the tories!

[Mr. Sparkle]

20. I think Joe is confused, the lobbyists are center right the country is not.

[Baitball Blogger]

21. No it fucking is not, unless you are a racist at heart or have fallen victim

to all the suppression ploys that have been stifling opinions from the growing majority of non-whites in this country.

[peggysue2]

22. And that would be a Republican talking point

The whole center right thing is a myth. A Republican myth in the same way 'trickle down economics' is a gigantic fairy tale the GOP will defend to the death.

These are all the small lies that led to the Biggest Lie ever.

If this is accurate, Manchin needs to button his mouth.