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“A lot of folks ask, ‘Well, gosh, is Manchin going to become a Republican? I hope he does. I’ve asked him to. I think every Republican senator has made that case a dozen times to Joe,” Cruz said. “I will say I think it’s a tough hill for him to climb. He’s just culturally- he’s a Democrat. He’s been a Democrat his whole life and he’s really the godfather of Democrats in West Virginia. So I get why switching parties, that’s hard. That being said, if they’re nasty enough, the best thing that could happen is they could drive him over to the Republican Party and we would welcome him.”
The us-regions lawmaker recalled an exchange on the Senate floor between Manchin and a group of senate and the suggestion that they make the us-regions Democrat “the chairman of the committee on everything” and how Cruz told Manchin, “Look, one of the two parties actually likes you,” causing Manchin to “roar” with laugher.
“We like him! He’s a very nice, affable guy. And if they’re hateful enough, they might convince him there’s no longer a home for him,” Cruz said.
MANCHIN SAYS HE ‘CANNOT VOTE’ FOR BUILD BACK BETTER: ‘I’VE DONE EVERYTHING HUMANLY POSSIBLE’
Cruz went on to knock the “arrogant” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki for “insulting” Manchin from the executive podium and the “mountains of nastiness” heaped by Sen. bernie-sanders” target=”_blank”>Bernie Sanders< announcing he “can’t vote” for President Biden’s signature legislation.
“I’ve always said this, Bret: if I can’t go home and explain to the people of West Virginia I can’t vote for it,” Manchin told “Fox News Sunday” guest host Bret Baier Sunday. “And I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. I just can’t. I’ve tried everything humanly possible. I can’t get there.”
“You’re done? This is a no?” Baier asked.
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“This is a no on this piece of legislation,” Manchin said. “I have tried everything I know to do.”
The senator said that the rise in inflation, the national debt and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic helped him come to his decision on the massive social spending bill.
