It's clear this is where Manchin would end up for awhile now. The give away was that he kept on making demands, then Democrats would meet his demands, and then he would create new demands.

That's how you kill legislation.
Manchin had to pretend to be engaging in good faith to get the infrastructure bill through the House

He was able to convince Biden to vouch for him with the progressive caucus

Once he got the infrastructure deal (which was supported by corporate lobbyists) he was done
The fact that Manchin went on FOX NEWS to stab Biden in the back tells you pretty much everything you need to know.
Manchin's final "objection" mapped directly onto the argument of the Senate GOP. That you needed to create a fake bill that extended every program for 10 years to understand the "true" cost.

Bad faith all the way down.
Manchin delivered for three important constituencies:

1. Corporate lobbyists

2. Fossil fuel companies

3. Himself
The belief that Manchin would come around reflects a deep lack of understanding of the power of corporate interests on Manchin and the system

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REMINDER: Six former top Manchin staffers are being paid millions by the fossil fuel industry to kill this bill.

They succeeded.

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REMINDER: America's largest corporations spent MILLIONS to achieve this exact result. And they won.

As a result, there will be no paid family leave, no universal pre-K, no expanded child tax credit, no action on climate

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Impossible to go over all the bad faith arguments in Manchin's statement in one tweet. This exact statement could easily be signed by Mitch McConnell. I don't think there is anything he'd disagree with here.
Apparently, we will be unable to counter the threats from China and Russia if we accelerate the transition to clean energy or make sure kids can go to preschool
Manchin did this in a way that was as humiliating to Biden as possible even though Biden has defended Manchin throughout the entire process and personally vouched for him

What a guy

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