Hickenlooper: Manchin secretly remained in IRA talks despite public walkout
John Hickenlooper · John Hickenlooper’s optimism in the face of opposition · Aug 27, 2025 · at 4:15
U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper discusses the behind-the-scenes negotiations in 2022 with Senator Joe Manchin that eventually resulted in the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act.
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“He told the press he was out, he was done. I saw him the next morning, had a nice, 15 minute happy chat, and I said, well, you're not really Over, you're not quitting, right? And he goes, no, but I'm going to let him think it for a while. Just I need space. You know, something along those lines. I mean, he says, I'm not going to talk to the press for a while is what he said. But he said he wasn't quitting.”
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