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7 Mar, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Some cold water for all the Twitter libs who were backslapping each other over Joe Manchin's comments about the filibuster.
Another bucket or two.
Joe Manchin talks a lot and it often means something only he understands. And sometimes it means nothing at all. What his filibuster comments were, only he knows. Maybe.
Would returning to the talking filibuster be an in-kind contribution from Joe Manchin to Ted Cruz's 2024 presidential campaign?
One thing to bear in mind, Joe Manchin has voted against going nuclear all three times the filibuster has been changed in recent years. He's the only one to do so. Would he vote to go nuclear now after voting against doing so three times? If he doesn't, all of this is moot.

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