1/ Former ALEC State Chair Joe Manchin Continues to Do the Group’s Bidding thebrick.house/former-alec-st…
In blocking the #ForThePeopleAct Manchin was also furthering the policies of #ALEC. The first message on ALEC’s website about H.R. 1 is that it would “exacerbate partisanship.”
2/ As a state senator in 1994, Manchin was ALEC’s West Virginia state chairman and an #ALEC national director. An inquiry to Manchin’s Senate office about his ALEC participation and his views on on S. 1’s nonpartisan redistricting provisions did not receive a response. Image
3/ #ALEC's Federal Relations Federal Relations Program is listed under ALEC's Federalism and International Relations Task Force. As recently as 2017 Joe Manchin was a member. Image
4/ Manchin is still shown as an Alumnus on #ALEC's web site alec.org/about/alumni/ (Elaborations by yours truly) Image

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