“We didn’t need an op-ed to know you’re unwilling to protect our democracy”
Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia penned an op-ed Sunday in the Charleston Gazette-Mail where he vowed to oppose the For the People Act when it gets to the Senate floor later this month. Manchin, long-time bestie of senate Republicans, reiterated his objections to eliminating the filibuster, effectively guaranteeing that the much-needed voting rights bill will fail to pass.
The only Democratic senator who has refused to co-sponsor the For the People Act, Manchin wrote Sunday that he will vote against the bill this month because it has advanced through Congress without Republican support. In March, the House passed the bill along party lines and not a single Republican has backed the legislation in the Senate.
