Joe Manchin Not a Fan of Chuck Schumer’s Little Victory Speech
LOL. Via Ed Morrissey:
There was some last-minute drama, as well. Schumer went to the floor and harshly criticized Republicans for provoking the crisis. Schumer won this round of his never-ending battle with McConnell, and he made sure everyone knew it. But Republicans — and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) — didn’t like the tone of Schumer’s remarks. Senate Minority Whip John Thune complained personally to Schumer on the floor, while Sens. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah) complained to reporters.
Manchin told Schumer the speech was “fucking stupid,” according to four sources. Then Manchin complained to reporters too. The incident doesn’t really signify anything, except to show how tense everyone is in the Senate these days. And it’s only going to get worse.
This is my new double face palm emoji. Sorry, Picard.
The meme potential is unlimited pic.twitter.com/LvDifkVmgI
— Al Weaver (@alweaver22) October 8, 2021
Am I being too cynical that Manchin’s reaction is staged?
During Schumer’s floor speech, Manchin is sitting off the side of the podium so that we can see his reaction. Is that his usual seat?
Is it a genuine reaction to placate WVirginians?
whembly (867f2f) — 10/8/2021 @ 8:39 amSpeaking of face palms…
Whoops. Honest mistake for sure.
BuDuh (4a7846) — 10/8/2021 @ 8:55 amIt gets worse:
Shameful.
BuDuh (4a7846) — 10/8/2021 @ 9:00 amI wonder what the downside is for Joe Manchin flipping? Trump took his state by a 39% margin. He can’t be happy with a party that wants to put half his state out of business. Maybe he doesn’t want to be in the same party as Ted Cruz and company, but Bernie’s clique is no box of chocolates either.
Matter of fact, at some point Manchin takes a big risk staying with a Democrat Party that is incredibly toxic to his constituents. Pretty sure he could get whatever committee assignments he wanted if he flipped.
Kevin M (ab1c11) — 10/8/2021 @ 9:37 amSomewhat off-topic: World leaders reach landmark deal on a global corporate tax rate
No word on how (or when) all these countries will pass the enabling laws. Also no word on whether this is a treaty. Nigeria, Kenya, Sri Lanka and St. Vincent continued to reject the deal.
More from the WSJ (paywall):
Kevin M (ab1c11) — 10/8/2021 @ 9:45 amGetting this global tax through the current Congress seems a bit wishful.
Kevin M (ab1c11) — 10/8/2021 @ 9:46 amBuduh, what a ridiculous series of errors by the NYT. I clicked the link from Fox but it didn’t help me understand if 63,000 children hospitalized is a large number, or a small one given the size of our country. I assume the times wanted us to think it was a big problem, but the Fox News didn’t provide any context for that metric, but a quick google search shows that it’s about 40% higher then a bad flu year
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2017-2018.htm
Time123 (9f42ee) — 10/8/2021 @ 10:15 amI know I am probably kind of (to say the least) annoying with my constant stanning of Mitch McConnell, but seriously, compare how he handles party organization and strategy versus how Chuck Schumer or Hairy Reed or Bill Frist or Tom Daschle handles it and I think it’s clear we are dealing with one of the legislative masterminds of this era, as well as somebody who has a pretty impressive capacity for leadership.
JVW (bfa74f) — 10/8/2021 @ 10:17 amJVW, I dislike both Him and Pelosi but it’s hard to deny that they’re good at what they do.
Time123 (9f42ee) — 10/8/2021 @ 10:19 amI would hope that the NYT remembers “corrections” of this sort and brings them up at review time.
Kevin M (ab1c11) — 10/8/2021 @ 10:40 amThere are conservatives who cheered the election of Warnock and Ossoff.
Obudman (86020d) — 10/8/2021 @ 10:40 amEvery time I see McConnell speak on a subject I find myself thinking “what a fine mind this man has.” Not my usual reaction to politicians.
Kevin M (ab1c11) — 10/8/2021 @ 10:41 amThere are conservatives who cheered the election of Warnock and Ossoff.
Trump engineered it by trashing the GA GOP in his quest for coup supporters.
Kevin M (ab1c11) — 10/8/2021 @ 10:42 amLin Wood is not a conservative. He’s a QAnonut. (Not to be confused with the cola nut.)
nk (1d9030) — 10/8/2021 @ 10:47 amIn terms of theater, it would be nice to see Manchin cross the aisle…..just to see Schumer tossed to the bench. Schumer is unquestionably one of the most annoying politicians of our time….I probably put him ahead of the retired Harry Reid.
AJ_Liberty (ec7f74) — 10/8/2021 @ 11:45 amBreaking-
Biden declines Trump request to withhold White House records from Jan. 6 committee
The White House on Friday formally blocked an attempt by former President Donald Trump to withhold documents from Congress related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, setting up a legal showdown between the current and former presidents over executive privilege.
In a letter to the National Archives obtained by NBC News, White House Counsel Dana Remus rejected an attempt by Trump’s attorneys to withhold documents requested by the House Select Committee regarding the then-president’s activities on Jan. 6, writing that “President Biden has determined that an assertion of executive privilege is not in the best interests of the United States, and therefore is not justified as to any of the documents.”
Rip Murdock (c30142) — 10/8/2021 @ 11:46 am………
September jobs report: Employers added a disappointing 194,000 jobs; unemployment rate at 4.8%
BIDEN: “When you see headlines and reports of mass firings, and hundreds of people losing their jobs, look at the bigger story…United went from 59% of their employees [vaccinated] to 99%…”
Obudman (86020d) — 10/8/2021 @ 12:30 pm@AJ_Liberty Manchin is a conservative democrat, but I don’t think he’s conservative enough to survive a republican primary in Virginia.
Matt (81d399) — 10/8/2021 @ 12:31 pm@16 Cool. That means a Democrat POTUS’ executive privilege is now fair game the next time a GOP President takes the WH.
whembly (3b5b58) — 10/8/2021 @ 12:57 pm@19 works for me. I’d also like to see this result in improvements of congressional oversight powers. The fact that you can delay responding to a subpoena for years allows executive actions to escape over site completely. My guess is that congress doesn’t want to fix it because it will be used against their team when power changes, plus they’re more interested in immediate political advantage then in actual oversight.
Time123 (9f42ee) — 10/8/2021 @ 1:02 pm#19 — Yes, if a President tries to overturn an election and sets a mob on the capitol and he happens to be a Democrat, I will be very happy for them to exploit Biden’s precedent.
Appalled (1a17de) — 10/8/2021 @ 2:05 pm@21, there’s never agreement on what principle is being challenged. The people who violate it want the change read narrowly. The other side wants it read broadly. Given that the GOP has shown itself mostly supportive of trying to steal the election I don’t think this concern matters.
Time123 (fbdbc6) — 10/8/2021 @ 2:25 pm