yeah, bret. i like to take a step back and look at the political reality. joe manchin represents a state where joe biden did not win a single solitary county. let that sink in for a second varied joe biden did not win a single county in west virginia and nancy pelosi would not win a neighborhood other than the philosophy department at west virginia university. so joe manchin is not going to vote for what the squad wants and for people who like representative government and representatives who actually vote like their state wants, they should love joe manchin, because it s a ruby red state. bret: all right, meantime, the supreme court coming in with this big ruling on arizona. let s take a listen to the arizona attorney general and the president on this. this is all about protecting the integrity of elections and making sure that states have the ability to conduct the time, place, and manner of their elections the way they want.
it s a ruby red state. first of all, i have my question about whether joe manchin is even going to run for re-election again. he is up in 2024. at that time he ll be, i believe, 77 years old so maybe he is doing this because he actually believes that the filibuster, keeping the filibuster compels moderation. it doesn t make democrats feel any happier. and one thing i would point out is that republicans aren t giving joe manchin any love either. he wanted the january 6th commission. they said no. he said to them, you know what? on voting rights, what if i said, let s have voter i.d. i ll give you that. stacey abrams said, yeah, that is a good idea. then republicans said the next day no to both of them. he has given a lot of love to republicans honestly but i don t know what he is getting in return from them. gloria, 77. he s just getting started. this day and age? you have to be at least 77 to run.
republican state. i thought senators were supposed to be the voice for the people who elected them. i thought senators were supposed to vote the way their constituents wanted them to vote i thought that was the whole purpose of having a representative democracy. it may well be that joe manchin doesn t believe what is being advocated for on the left these days. it is most true that the people he represents do not believe in it. joe manchin is the last democrat standing in an otherwise ruby red state. with the media prefer their be no democrats left standing in west virginia, would they prefer control over the united states senate go to the republicans? maybe the media is right. maybe joe really is a republican and should switch sides, is that really what you want, washington post? the media and the hard left are welcome to be disappointed in joe manchin, but it s a little naive to act surprised.
republican state. i thought senators were supposed to be the voice for the people who elected them. i thought senators were supposed to vote the way their constituents wanted them to vote i thought that was the whole purpose of having a representative democracy. it may well be that joe manchin doesn t believe what is being advocated for on the left these days. it is most true that the people he represents do not believe in it. joe manchin is the last democrat standing in an otherwise ruby red state. with the media prefer their be no democrats left standing in west virginia, would they prefer control over the united states senate go to the republicans? maybe the media is right. maybe joe really is a republican and should switch sides, is that really what you want, washington post? the media and the hard left are welcome to be disappointed in joe manchin, but it s a little naive to act surprised.
republican state. i thought senators were supposed to be the voice for the people who elected them. i thought senators were supposed to vote the way their constituents wanted them to vote i thought that was the whole purpose of having a representative democracy. it may well be that joe manchin doesn t believe what is being advocated for on the left these days. it is most true that the people he represents do not believe in it. joe manchin is the last democrat standing in an otherwise ruby red state. with the media prefer their be no democrats left standing in west virginia, would they prefer control over the united states senate go to the republicans? maybe the media is right. maybe joe really is a republican and should switch sides, is that really what you want, washington post? the media and the hard left are welcome to be disappointed in joe manchin, but it s a little naive to act surprised.