White House reached out to Manchin after Harris' interviews in West Virginia

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: CNN

The White House called Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin after Vice President Kamala Harris conducted interviews with West Virginia media, according to a person with knowledge of the conversation.

The outreach comes after Harris' apparent move to apply pressure on Manchin frustrated the conservative Democrat, something that he made clear over the weekend.

The source declined to say what the White House said to Manchin or who from the White House called him, but the call underscores the delicate balancing act President Joe Biden faces as he and Democrats try to hold a narrow Senate majority together to pass a sweeping Covid relief plan -- and any other legislation this year.

The Senate's 50-50 partisan split gives the White House little room for error and Manchin will be a key vote on any package.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/white-house-reached-out-to-manchin-after-harris-interviews-in-west-virginia/ar-BB1di8h2?ocid=DELLDHP&li=BBnbfcL

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I'm sure there are many in your state that could use the additional money Joe.

[Walleye]

1. Does he really want to be the one that sabotages Joe Biden's administration?

[Maxheader]

2. Be really stupid to fuck with the majority..

And there will be others...hate to call them dinos..guess we

will find out....

[Polybius]

5. Manchin is in the majority no matter what he does though

If he stays with the Democrats and passes their bills, he's in the majority. If he switches to a Republican and becomes their 51st, he's in the majority again.

[BlueIdaho]

9. I don't see Manchin being happy in the Trumpublican party.

A switch will eventually lead to him being primaried right out of a job.

[ouija]

8. Reminds me of the Nebraska guy during Obamacare

[bdtrppr6]

3. as always

he'll do the wrong thing

[Escurumbele]

10. That is correct...Manchin has been a thorn on the Democratic party.

I don't understand why he is still there.

It says a lot that republicans approached him, they know him.

[Xipe Totec]

15. Much like Joe Lieberman was in another time.

[KayF]

4. "Hi Joe, have you been watching the news lately?"

see anything interesting?

[TomCADem]

6. I Think Manchin Is Mainly Upset That The WH Has Been Dealing Directly With WV Governor...

...who has been asking for a bigger COVID-19 aid package. I think Manchin is concerned about getting challenged down the line for a Senate seat by the Governor, but then Manchin should stop trying to act like king of the Senate.

My take is that Biden is sending the message to Manchin is that if he tries to overplay his hand, then the WH will work with WV's Republican Governor to put pressure on Manchin.

[LizBeth]

7. Manchin needs to understand politics. He was the one playing hardball. This is what it looks like.

[samsingh]

11. Has Manchin been paying attention during the trump years?

Is he happy with Democracy on the edge. How incredibly whiney and small, disgusting of him, to attack the Biden White House. He is the new lieberman.

[BobTheSubgenius]

12. I believe it looks even worse than that.

Is he saying that the VP has to go through him to talk to his state? Or is he saying a female VP has to show him extra deference?

I'm sure you can guess what my next question would be.

[samsingh]

17. he needs to be primaried.

[Lasher]

13. Manchin wants to be reelected in 2024.

He won in 2018 with less than 50% of the vote. In dark red West Virginia.

I agree he is way too conservative but ask yourself this: Do you like the Democratic Senate majority with him included? Or would you be happier without him if that meant staying in the minority? That's what it boils down to.

[japple]

14. I can't quite figure it out, but it seems like this guy has some sort of nagging issue,

something unresolved. He reminds me of Tucker Carlson and his perpetually wrinkled brow. Maybe they both have the same issue. My guess would be that they both have a bad case of hemorrhoids, but I could be mistaken.

[BumRushDaShow]

16. He and they need to take a page out of the Robert C. Byrd and John D. Rockefeller IV book

and line up some pork, whether it's some big infrastructure project or factory or whatever. That's how both of them stayed in there almost forever.