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HYPOCRISY & CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: Why we need to say the quiet part OUT LOUD
Just the other day we discovered that Joe Manchin told Chuck Schumer he wouldn’t vote for an infrastructure bill if it was higher than $1.5T. Someone leaked the notes about that, and they showed up on MSNBC last Thursday.
But for weeks, since that conversation was said to take place, Manchin has been telling anybody who asks that he “hasn’t looked at the numbers.” That’s a lie.
Granted, it wasn’t his focus a little over a week ago.
The prior week, seemingly oblivious to the urgent nature of the climate change crisis, Manchin didn’t say anything about the numbers. He just said, “What’s the rush?”
Joe’s personal fortune (and his son’s) are tied directly to the fossil fuel industry. His son now controls the coal brokerage company Manchin originally founded.
That’s the reason Joe Manchin won’t support Biden’s plan. Well, one of the reasons. The other is his daughter’s position working for Big Pharma.
Remember the EpiPen scandal? That’s her. So, Manchin also won’t be supporting a deal that allows the government to negotiate for lower drug prices. Obviously.
When questioned, however, you won’t find Manchin telling Dems which programs he wants to cut from Biden’s…
