AOC, like many Dems, is a flip-flopper. She was all for the Biden Administration when they opened our borders and did nothing to stop the flow of migrants from illegally entering our country. But once Harris told Guatemalans not to come here, she was up in arms, angry that we would try to hinder these migrants. But Senator Manchin isn’t like that. He is sticking to his guns. He believes that politicians should pass things in a bi-partisan fashion and he believes in keeping the filibuster as it is one of the few tools the minority party has to express themselves. So when he voted against the Dems voting reform bill, that not a single GOP member wanted, AOC lost it attacking the Senator and accusing him of taking dark money.
AOC went after the Senator during an appearance “State of the Union” with Dana Bash.
They started the anti-Manchin segment by running a clip where AOC comes down on the Senator for going against H.R.1.
“H.R. 1 stands up against lobbyists and dark money, and I would reckon to think that this is probably just as much a part of Joe Manchin’s calculus as anything else because when it comes to this bipartisan argument, I gotta tell you, I don’t buy it.”
“What exactly did you mean by that, are you saying Jow Manchin’s opposition is because he wants to keep the political donations flowing?” Host Bash asked.
“Well, you know, I think that when we talk opposition to H.R. being just about voting rights we aren’t telling the entire story. H.R. 1 has sweeping lobbying reforms and I believe that we have the influence of big money that impacts not just one party, but both parties in the United States Congress, and I do believe that that old way of politics has absolutely an influence in Joe Manchin’s thinking and the way he navigates the body. I mean The things that he cites like I think this romanticism about bipartisanship, is about an era of Republicans that simply do not exist anymore,” AOC claimed.
“I also believe that the opposition to big money, and dark money, You know you have the Koch brothers and associated organizations from the Koch Brothers really doing victory laps about Joe Manchin’s opposition to the filibuster. I think that it’s pretty open that these groups exert a lot of influence and as much influence as they can on members of Congress and I think that you know, the older-school way of accepting the role of lobbyists in Washington absolutely has a role in Joe Manchin’s thinking,” AOC concluded.
Watch The Clip Below.
Manchin explained why he voted against H.R. 1 in an op-ed.
“The right to vote is fundamental to our American democracy and protecting that right should not be about party or politics. Least of all, protecting this right, which is a value I share, should never be done in a partisan manner.”
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