Sen. Manchin defends his decision to quash negotiations over President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda, stating that he was at his “wit’s end” in talks between the White House and Congress.
, stating that he was at his “wit’s end” in talks with the White House.
“I knew where they were and I knew what they could and could not do. They just never realized it because they figured, surely to God we can move one person, surely we can badger and beat one person up, surely we can get enough protesters to make that person uncomfortable enough,” he said. “Well, guess what? I'm from West Virginia. I'm not from where they're from, and they can just beat the living crap out of people and think they’ll be submissive, period.
Asked if he was suggesting that the president’s staff was putting out information that was generating criticism of the senator, Manchin said, “I'm just saying the bottom line. I knew that we could not change — it was never going to change. It never could change that many people.”deadline to vote on the social spending package. The House passed a version of the legislation in November.
Manchin said the only reason he voted to move forward with the reconciliation process that resulted in the development of the Build Back Better bill was his desire to roll back the 2017 tax cuts signed by former President Donald Trump so that “everybody paid their fair share” in taxes.
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