It’s not like Joe Manchin didn’t have every reason to know.
But he is throwing a hissy fit about the so-called Inflation Reduction Act’s effects on the American economy and his own state’s.
It’s pathetic. Everybody who paid a lick of attention could see that the IRA was just a repackaged Green New Deal. It was packed with spending and provisions that the Congressional Research Service and any sane economist could tell you would increase inflation and reduce energy production.
It was a disaster, and Manchin voted for it. Somehow he claims that he was promised that the bill wouldn’t do what it is, in fact, doing. So now he is threatening to repeal it.
Sen. Joe Manchin threatens to repeal his own climate law if Biden continues to ‘liberalize’ ithttps://t.co/eI9MTUfEtk pic.twitter.com/N0uAN0Q0Ra
— The Washington Times (@WashTimes) April 25, 2023
Yeah, right.
The original bill could not have passed without his vote, so how exactly does he expect a repeal to get anywhere with his caucus, and if by some miracle he managed that feat, how could he marshal a veto-proof majority to overcome Joe Biden’s defense of his signature “accomplishment?”
It’s absurd. So absurd that Manchin, who is hardly a bright bulb, knows that.
Sen. Joe Manchin III is threatening unprecedented action against President Biden’s tax and climate spending law known as the Inflation Reduction Act: to support the repeal of the very law he wrote.
The conservative West Virginia Democrat has reached a tipping point after months of tension over what he says is the administration bending its intent to better suit Mr. Biden’s climate change agenda rather than strengthening U.S. energy security.
“Let me make it very clear: If this administration does not honor what it said it would do, and basically continue to liberalize that … I will do everything I can in my power to prevent that from happening,” Mr. Manchin told Fox News’ Sean Hannity Monday night. “And if they don’t change that, I would vote to repeal my own bill.”
His stark warning was predated last month by a legal threat to sue the administration over its handling of electric vehicle tax credits and stringent domestic sourcing requirements that Mr. Manchin stipulated for EV buyers to get up to a $7,500 tax credit.
Vote for the (renamed) Green New Deal and you get the Green New Deal. Pretty simple, Joe. Everybody knew that.
Mr. Manchin’s comments came ahead of another prominent Republican challenger to oust him next year from a seat that could determine control of the Senate. West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is set to launch his Senate campaign this week, joining fellow Republicans Chris Rose and Rep. Alex Mooney.
Hmm. I wonder if the timing of his hissy fit is related to the fact that he is doomed in the next election. Could that be it?
The Biden administration is breaking its word to the American public by ignoring the text of the #InflationReductionAct to pursue its radical climate agenda. Let me be clear: if this continues, I'll do everything in my power to stop them — including voting to repeal the IRA. pic.twitter.com/d1l4SUUYcN
— Senator Joe Manchin (@Sen_JoeManchin) April 25, 2023
It was always a head-scratcher to me that Manchin buckled under the pressure to vote for the bill. Were there embarrassing photos? Did somebody get a look at his browser history? Is there a floozy out there we don’t know about? A date with Dylan Mulvaney or a drag queen?
Probably not. He may just be dense as a black hole. He’d have to be in order to swallow any promises about moderation from Joe Biden. Biden has been the most radical president in American history. Biden is in serious competition with figures such as Woodrow Wilson for the role of the worst president in US history.
Manchin helped pass one of the worst pieces of legislation in history, and now he wants to whine that he was betrayed. Good luck with that.
Lie down with stray dogs and you wake up with fleas. In this case, the fleas were carrying the political plague.
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