Sen. Manchin

 I see some of my purist FB friends are outraged at WV Sen. Manchin for voting against a $15/hr minimum wage. Folks, Manchin is a Democratic Senator in a Senate that is 50:50. Democrats need every vote they can get.

Manchin is a Democratic Senator in a deep red state:
Presidential elections, West Virginia:
2016: Trump 67.9%; Clinton 26.5%
2020: Trump 68.6%; Biden 29.7%
Trump beat Clinton by 41 points. Four years later, he beat Biden by 39.
Senate elections, West Virginia
2012: Joe Manchin (D) 60.6%; John Raese (R) 36.5%
2018: Joe Manchin (D) 49.6%; Patrick Morrissey (R) 46.3%
Joe Manchin didn't win by much in 2018, during his state's remarkable shift to Trump.
No, he didn't win by much, but he did hold on. And if he hadn't managed to do that, Mitch McConnell would still be running a Republican-majority Senate. http://dailyhowler.blogspot.com/2021/03/cable-star-trashes-senator-manchin.html

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