Biden Takes Shots at Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema While Deluding Donors – Opinion

Joe Biden made a mockery of Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema and Kyrsten Silena during a Friday fundraiser. He seemed to be willing to compromise with Kyrsten Sinema’s maverick Democrat pair.

Manchin and Sinema have held up Biden’s biggest policy goal to this point, the insanely expensive and further-inflation-inducing “Build Back Better” agenda. Late last year, things turned sour after Sinema and Manchin made clear that they wouldn’t vote for the end of the filibuster.

For his part, Biden apparently hasn’t forgotten, telling the crowd of suckers…eh, I mean donors…that “We need two more senators.”

“We need two more senators,” the president said, referencing Sens. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virginia — the two moderate lawmakers who have upended some of his biggest domestic policy items since the beginning of his term…

…The president did not call out the lawmakers by name, but said that they’re “slowing up what we’re able to do.”

It’s ironic that Biden feels that way when it’s obvious that Manchin and Sinema have actually saved the president from himself. Given what the $2 trillion “American Rescue Plan” has done to the economy, exploding inflation and crashing the stock market, there’s no doubt a $2+ trillion reconciliation bill would good and fully collapse things. They won’t ever be thanked for it, but the senators from Arizona and West Virginia have done Biden an immense favor, limiting what has already been an immensely painful time politically for the White House.

Yet, it’s obvious that Biden has learned nothing from his current situation, and his stumping for two more senators isn’t just to pass more social spending. Rather, it’s to kill the filibuster and essentially make him king as far as pushing through his policy initiatives. The buffer would allow for everything, from strict gun control to federal elections takingover.

Of course, it’s delusional to think that money is going to buy the Democrats two more senators, and Biden is doing nothing more than playing the role of grifter at fundraisers like this. Going into November, the electoral landscape is absolutely harsh for the left. Even though Republicans are underperforming All expectations, they’ll still end up with at least a 50/50 Senate. Most likely they will win at least two seats to cement their majority.

With that reality staring Biden in the face, it seems like a rather stupid move to throw dirt at the two senators he’s going to need going forward if he’s to get anything done over the next two and a half years. But since when has strategic competency been part of the president’s portfolio of abilities?