Joe Manchin Throws Kamala Overboard After She Makes Dangerous Announcement On Eliminating Filibuster

Posted • September 24, 2024: Kamala Harris has officially lost Joe Manchin's support. The soon-to-be ex-West Virginia senator unequivocally rebuked the Democrat Party nominee after she pledged to eliminate the filibuster to "codify" Roe v. Wade on Tuesday. The Harris campaign's social media team put out a post highlighting her recent comments in which she stated that she's "been very clear" about destroying one of the few bulwarks against total chaos left at the federal government level. -- Kamala HQ @KamalaHQ: “Vice President Harris: I've been very clear. I think we should eliminate the filibuster to restore the protections of Roe v. Wade.”

Understand that when Democrats say they want to restore the "protections of Roe v. Wade," they are not going to be satisfied with simply reinstating viability standards. That's just a red herring they use to try to appear less radical to the American people. Rest assured, any abortion legislation passed by a Democrat-led U.S. Senate and signed by a hypothetical President Kamala Harris would "codify" abortion until birth. How do we know that? Because their last attempt at "codifying" Roe did just that. Manchin's primary issue isn't abortion, though. It's the elimination of the filibuster, something he has fought to prevent for years. Up until this point, it wasn't clear whether Harris still held such a position given she's flip-flopped on so many other things. With her announcement, Manchin decided he had heard enough. -- Joe Manchin, a staunch defender of the filibuster, tells us he WON’T endorse Kamala Harris now over her vow to gut the filibuster to codify Roe.

“Shame on her," Manchin, who is retiring at year's end, said in the Capitol. "She knows the filibuster is the Holy Grail of democracy. It's the only thing that keeps us talking and working together. If she gets rid of that, then this would be the House on steroids." Now that Harris has vowed to gut the filibuster on this issue, Manchin said he wouldn't back her for president. "That ain't going to happen," he said. "I think that basically can destroy our country and my country is more important to me than any one person or any one person's ideology...I think it's the most horrible thing." -- Will this make a difference in the election? Probably not outside of a select few moderates who are smart enough to recognize what keeping the filibuster in place means. Manchin is certainly right to shun Harris over her pledge, though. (…)

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