Manchin Signals He Won’t Be Intimidated by His Fellow Democrats – Opinion

Left has tried to intimidate Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin, Democrat Senators of Ohio, into backing the Senate filibuster’s elimination. This has proved to be a barrier between Democrats and their ability pass any legislation that they want.

The Democrat’s proverbial cannons have been pointed squarely at the two, but Manchin isn’t phased in the least. Manchin was actually threatened by the hard-left part of the Democrat party to become the primary, which he essentially ignored and even enjoyed.

“I’ve been primaried my entire life. This would be nothing new to me. … Bring it on,” Manchin told reporters according to The Hill.

Democrats want to put Sinema and Manchin on record about where they are at the moment in an attempt to penalize them. The Hill reported that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is allowing his hard-left colleagues a chance to “vent their frustrations” with the duo, allowing them to officially point the finger for the party’s failure at anyone but themselves.

“The public is entitled to know where each senator stands on an issue as sacrosanct as defending our democracy,” Schumer said on Tuesday.

Still, Manchin isn’t phased and reiterated that he’s not changing his mind.

“The majority of my colleagues in the Democratic caucus have changed their minds. This is what I value. They are entitled to make changes. I haven’t. They should respect this too. I’ve never changed my mind on the filibuster,” Manchin told reporters.

For Manchin, the filibuster is an important part of the Senate and won’t take part in changing it so that one party can have absolute rule over the country.

“That’s never happened. That’s never happened in the history in our country,” Manchin said on bills just need a simple majority instead of a supermajority.

Manchin’s rejection of the power grab isn’t just necessary, it’s absolutely brave. Considering the Democrat’s efforts to destroy him, he’s not backing down. Interestingly enough, it’s made him something of a powerhouse within the Democrat Party.

If Manchin and Sinema pull off the destruction of the Democrat Party’s agenda and then manage to maintain their offices after their reelection campaigns after many other Democrats lose their seats, it may trigger something of a revolution within the Democrat Party that brings the party back toward the center.

The Democrat civil War is certain to occur in some way, but it’s possible that we are looking at the causes.