The Squad Resorts to Racial Epithets Against Joe Manchin Because He Opposes Build Back Better – Opinion

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On December 19, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced that he would not vote in favor of President Biden’s $5 trillion Build Back Better bill because it would spur more inflation, add trillions of dollars to the national debt, drive energy costs higher, and incentivize greater government dependence.

Manchin’s opposition to his own party’s mega spending bill (the largest in U.S. history) is strictly due to the social and economic damage it would inflict upon all Americans, especially future generations, who would be stuck paying the bill for Build Back Better.

But that doesn’t stop the Squad from using completely unfounded racial epithets against Manchin for not supporting Build Back Better.

For instance, Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) took to CNN immediately after Manchin’s announcement, where he cavalierly called his congressional colleague a white supremacist without any evidence to back up his libelous slander.

According to Bowman, “It’s tremendously frustrating for me as a Black man in America because once again, it’s an example of Joe Manchin as a White man showing that he doesn’t care about Black people, he doesn’t care about Latinos, he doesn’t care about immigrants, he doesn’t care about women, and he doesn’t care about the poor. He is a millionaire, and he has the privilege to kick the can down the road and not vote for this bill while the people in my district are suffering.”

Manchin actually cares about all Americans regardless of their race. This is why he opposed Build Back Better.

Bowman needs to be reminded by some one that the passing of Build Back better would almost certainly lead to worsening conditions for Americans. This includes blacks and women as well as Latinos. because spending $5 trillion that we don’t have would certainly drive inflation higher than its current level of 6.8 percent, a 39-year high.

Yet, as evidenced by fellow Squad member Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), hurling unfounded racial attacks against Manchin because he is worried about inflation and other pressing concerns, is par for the course when it comes to the Squad’s putrid political playbook.

In November, Bush tweeted this racially tinged attack against Manchin after he displayed qualms about Build Back Better: “Joe Manchin’s opposition to the Build Back Better Act is anti-Black, anti-child, anti-woman, and anti-immigrant. When we talk about transformative change, we are talking about a bill that will benefit Black, brown and Indigenous communities…”

Once again, it is paramount to state that under no circumstances in any way whatsoever has Sen. Manchin said he opposed Build Back Better because it would disproportionately help minority communities—which it would not, but that is beside the point.

It is clear that Build Back Better has no legs to defend itself. They are using fabricated and malicious race-based attacks against a senator with no history of racial animosity.

Sen. Manchin is adamant that he will not be forced to listen to the hate speech of the Squad’s race-baiters. It’s a great thing that he didn’t do it.

Manchin and the Squad must be silenced. They cannot continue to use their race-baiting tactics.

Manchin’s defiance of the Squad’s race card gambit should be applauded just as much as his courage to stand up for the millions of Americans who would be worse off in so many ways if Build Back Better were ever to become the law of the land. Thankfully, that won’t be happening anytime soon.

Chris Talgo ([email protected]) Senior editor, The Heartland Institute