Biden Lies Yet Again About Manchin and WH Has to Rush to Clean It Up – Opinion

Joe Biden made his expected remarks today about COVID. He was utterly irritable throughout the speech and snapped at journalists. He also spoke lies about Omicron transmission as well as about unvaccinated people. He did ask a few questions regarding the defeat of the Build Back Better bill, and about Sen. Joe Manchin’s objections that led to the death of the bill. That’s when Joe Biden decided he wasn’t finished with stepping in it yet when it comes to Manchin.

“Some people think maybe I’m not Irish because I don’t hold a grudge. But I want to get things done,” said Biden, when asked if Manchin broke a commitment to him. “I still think there’s a possibility of getting Build Back Better done.”

Reporter: “Do you believe Senator Manchin kept his word to you?”

President Biden: People think I may not be Irish since I don’t have a grudge. Let’s face it, I do want things to go well. There’s still hope to build back better. pic.twitter.com/x4W67GMCpo

— The Hill (@thehill) December 21, 2021

Biden continued, “Joe (Manchin) went on TV today, uh, (I don’t know) whether it’s TV or not, I’m told he was speaking to the Liberal Caucus in the House and said, ‘Joe Biden didn’t mislead you, I misled you.’”

He then told a reporter that “Senator Manchin and I are going to get something done,” and then he stomped out of the room without a mask.

There are a couple of problems with Biden’s claims. Joe Biden has a stereotype about Irish and grudges. It’s funny how this is not noticed by the media, even though Democrats are known for doing things like it.

This claim by Manchin that he had misled Democrats is a lot of malarkey. Joe Manchin has been definitive right down the line what his position was, what he could go for, and what he couldn’t. But he never publicly said he’d agreed with the bill at any point. The same thing was true for Sen. Kyrsten Synema (D-AZ), as well. So it wasn’t just Manchin. Manchin has publicly said that the failure of the negotiations was that due to “inexcusable actions” of the White House staff.

“It is not the president. This is staff,” the West Virginia Democrat told home-state radio host Hoppy Kercheval.

“And they drove some things, and they put some things out, that were absolutely inexcusable. They know what it is.”

Manchin continued: “I’m always willing to work and listen to try. I just got to the wit’s end and they know the real reasons what happened.”

He claimed he was annoyed by the attempts to bully and force him to agree.

Manchin said nothing to the contrary. Indeed, it’s been the White House and Joe Biden that has been misleading on the issue right down the line.

After the lie by Biden, the White House must have realized that wasn’t going to go over well with Manchin and they tried to clean up what Biden said about Manchin.

The White House later clarified Biden’s remarks. A spokesman told reporters that the President wanted to clarify that Senator Manchin did not characterize himself as’ having been ‘misleading.’

Oh. They lie publicly about Manchin then attempt to pull it all back in a less public light. This is a false perception that Manchin has when Biden lies about him.

In addition to what we already noted about the breakdown, it’s also worth noting that Manchin felt the White House put his family in danger.

The White House staff gave Manchin notice on Thursday about the fact that the president would soon issue a statement accepting the delay in the Build back Better Act. This statement was expected to name West Virginia senator. Manchin objected, asking that either his name be left out or that he not be alone because his family had already been the target of abuse and he didn’t want to be singled out.

But the statement went out anyway, and contained only Manchin’s name.

So he asked the White House not to make him more of a target because of the danger to his family and they didn’t give a darn. He was treated badly by them. It’s astonishing, frankly, that he hasn’t just called Biden a liar. He’s got a very long fuse, given how he’s been treated. But it’s not hard to understand why he finally formally gave up on it.