The Ledger, every show
Every statement that passed quotation and attribution checks, across all 44 shows. Pick shows below, then mix any filter with any other.
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every show 44 of 44
Biden threatened to never speak to Manchin if he killed rescue plan
“That's when he got pretty vulgar and just told me, I'm gonna, you're gonna, you know, if you kill my effing bill, I'll never talk to you again.”
Manchin opposed Build Back Better for shifting American mindset toward entitlement
“If we pass this piece of legislation you're asking me to vote for, the BBB, you're changing the psychic to the nation of how much more can my country do for me. I wasn't born that way, I wasn't raised that way, I don't believe that way, and I can't do it. You …”
Manchin reveals he and Mitt Romney discussed running on a third-party ticket
“Mitt Romney and I were talking about running. I said, Mitt, he said, Joe, let's, we have to start a new party.”
Manchin: I Cannot Vote to Continue with Build Back Better
“If I can't go home and explain it to the people of West Virginia, I can't vote for it. 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.”
Joe Manchin calls the Senate filibuster the holy grail of American democracy
“That's the holy grail to democracy as we know it, because without it, we wouldn't be the country we are now.”
Manchin claims climate protesters at his houseboat were organized and paid
“Oh, no, that was organized. They were paid, Shamath, because a lot of my friends who live on the, down at the river, on the Potomac River with me, on the boat, They played like, how can I get a job with you? How can I do this if I want to protest? They said, I…”
Manchin: Trump's strongman style works in the Middle East, not Western diplomacy
“He is the perfect president for the Middle East. Strong man, strong arm. He, I say what I mean what I say, and boom, boom, boom, using my military mic. That doesn't work in the western part of the world where we have diplomacy.”
Manchin claims he never promised to vote for Build Back Better
“I never promised to vote for BBB. I says, I'll get on it and let you work the bill. I'm never going to be for this bill.”
Manchin: Child tax credits should target incomes between $25k and $75k
“First of all, you have child tax credits up to 400,000 dollars of income. You really want to know who needs the child tax credits? People right above the poverty guideline, mostly single females, above 25,000 a year, up to about 75. They need it, ok?”
Manchin admits he was wrong to oppose repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell
“So I was against it. I said, don't get rid of it. No. No. That means if you were, you know, if you were known to be gay, then you could not serve. I was totally wrong on that because it, they went ahead and passed it, thank goodness, and then I found out That …”
Manchin proposes term limits for Congress, SCOTUS, and the presidency
“If we had two six-year terms for a senator, six two-year terms from a House member, one eighteen-year term for the United States Supreme Court, and one six-year term for the president, maybe we could all do a better job by not worrying about the next election.”
Manchin: Harry Reid told Obama never to send Joe Biden to negotiate again
“Harry Reid says, I told President Obama, don't ever send that damn Joe Biden back to make a deal. We don't want him here at all making a deal for Democrats.”
Joe Manchin: Democratic Party has been taken over by extremes
“The Democratic Party has been basically taken over by the extremes.”
Manchin claims Democrats lost 100,000 registered voters to progressive crusades
“They lost registration of over a hundred thousand people who've left the Democratic Party since they've started that crusade.”
Manchin says he begged Democratic Party to host a 30-day mini-primary
“I begged the Democratic Party to have a mini primary, thirty-day primary when Joe Biden”
Joe Manchin: Bill Clinton and Donald Trump were the most engaging presidents
“If you tell me people that are engaging with you and talk, Bill and President Trump.”
Manchin names Murkowski, Collins, and Romney among the best Senate Republicans
“Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins were always my go-to people on the Republican side, and Mitt Romney. Two, three of the best of the best. You could always work with them, because they were always looking to do the right thing. They didn't care about politics.”
Manchin: 2013 Senate immigration bill would have passed House if Boehner called vote
“We had that bill and couldn't get it because they were afraid that he would lose the right. He lost them anyway. The far right wasn't going, Tea Party at that time wasn't going to go, but John could have put it on the floor, and it would have passed, and I thi…”
Joe Manchin: A court challenge could eliminate closed primary elections
“I think there definitely is a court procedure that could remedy this and basically stop these closed primaries.”
Manchin: Republicans are the only ones pledging to preserve the Senate filibuster
“My Republican friends are the only ones that are saying, we will not get rid of the filibuster in the United States Senate.”