Former Democrat Senator Joe Manchin [I-WV] says Democrat leader Chuck Schumer was motivated by political theater when he tried to abolish the filibuster in 2022. He writes in a new book Schumer was not interested in legitimate debate on the filibuster when he led the effort to end it but rather -quote-““He wanted a spectacle. […]
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Manchin Says Schumer Sought Political Theater In Bid To Abolish Filibuster
Former Democrat Senator Joe Manchin [I-WV] says Democrat leader Chuck Schumer was motivated by political theater when he tried to abolish the filibuster in 2022. He writes in a new book Schumer was not interested in legitimate debate on the filibuster when he led the effort to end it but rather -quote-““He wanted a spectacle. He wanted a vote he could weaponize, a moment he could broadcast to the radical left to prove his loyalty.”
Schumer was under pressure at the time from hard left Democrats who suggested it might be time for new party leadership. Manchin makes the claim in his new book “Dead Center: In Defense of Common Sense,”