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Celerity

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14. so he now is now ruling out even MODIFICATIONS???!!
Wed Apr 7, 2021, 09:21 PM
Apr 2021
“There is no circumstance in which I will vote to eliminate or weaken the filibuster,” Manchin wrote. “The time has come to end these political games, and to usher a new era of bipartisanship where we find common ground on the major policy debates facing our nation.”


Also, THIS

The time has come to end these political games, and to usher a new era of bipartisanship where we find common ground on the major policy debates facing our nation


is a bloody JOKE

As if we are ones playing the fucking games and as if the death cult/neo nazi goon squad known as the Republican party is going to all of sudden stop almost 60 years (starting in 1963 and the Goldwater run) of outright RW war with us, the last 27 of which have been full fucking scorched earth (1994 Gingrich Revolution onward).

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Fuck. That. Guy. Nt Fiendish Thingy Apr 2021 #1
Post removed Post removed Apr 2021 #2
Really bad news for voting rights. mucifer Apr 2021 #3
Hey Joe! leftieNanner Apr 2021 #4
Pull his wife off that Appalachian board soothsayer Apr 2021 #5
Making clear that it was a bribery attempt? FBaggins Apr 2021 #7
Drat soothsayer Apr 2021 #9
Free slogan for 2022 Senate Democrats: Qutzupalotl Apr 2021 #6
He'll be irrelevant then anyway. FoxNewsSucks Apr 2021 #12
Dude's about useless. Traitor to democracy. rickyhall Apr 2021 #8
And like the Repubs won't drop the filibuster... Dave says Apr 2021 #10
He'll vote to allow them to nuke it Bettie Apr 2021 #20
+1 uponit7771 Apr 2021 #22
His argument has nothing to do with the filibuster. honest.abe Apr 2021 #11
He's taken over the Susan Collins position and he is flexing his power and seeking attention. TheBlackAdder Apr 2021 #27
Hey Joe *******, is this what you call "equal footing"? FoxNewsSucks Apr 2021 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Apr 2021 #14
so he now is now ruling out even MODIFICATIONS???!! Celerity Apr 2021 #14
The filibuster hurts only Senate Democrats -- and Mitch McConnell knows that. The numbers don't lie. Celerity Apr 2021 #16
AZ and WV will be flooded w/vaccinated constituents in the streets this summer Fiendish Thingy Apr 2021 #23
The part that is enraging me most is that they apparently are not even open to modifications of Celerity Apr 2021 #24
Hey, and I've said before.......I know people that will help Senator Manchin come to the right a kennedy Apr 2021 #17
time to go all LBJ on his ass... bahboo Apr 2021 #18
I think we all know this and it sucks msfiddlestix Apr 2021 #19
We will be incredibly lucky to gain 2 or 3 seats max in 2022. The numbers just are not there for Celerity Apr 2021 #25
oh geeze msfiddlestix Apr 2021 #26
Then the Biden presidency is over Takket Apr 2021 #21
Hmmmmm, hold Manchin responsible for his "30 days" metric !!!! uponit7771 Apr 2021 #28
Morning Joe mocks Joe Manchin for wanting to work with Republicans: 'I want my cat to play Chopin!' UCmeNdc Apr 2021 #29
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