not work and the country probably if you care about inflation, particularly the low and middle class is probably better off for it. harris: everybody cares about inflation. bullying isn t helping us on the covid front, either. i will leave that there. with some democrats being softer on senator manchin the liberal media are going hard at him. watch. biden facing a duel nightmare before christmas. senator joe manchin firing back after fellow democrats and white house blasted his announcement he won t back the president s 1.7 trillion social spengd and climate bill. manchin questioned whether parents would use the money to buy drugs and also said americans, including his own west virginia constituents, could exploit paid family leave to go hunting during deer season. it is very clear to me, john, that senator manchin has engaged in negotiations from my point of view in bad faith. harris: what do you think about that? wow, it is like the cast of
the aisle and say he is one of us? no, he doesn t want to be one of them, the democrats. talk to me about the reporting on him perhaps looking down the independent lane. he is probably not going to become a republican. he will probably go to the independent lane. harris: who does he caucus with? lieberman always caucused with. when you see independents they always have a side. democrat, is that what he will do? what does it mean anymore? if he didn t agree with the build back better bill does it matter who he caucuses with? he goes issue to issue in these situations and again his reasoning here was so pragmatic. we have inflation at a 40 year high. to flood the system with that it will make inflation worse. maybe put a pause until next year and let s see what the situation is like with inflation. but instead they tried to bully him into doing this and it did
the view cloned itself and now that s the tenor and tone occupying other cable news networks 24/7. what sources? probably democratic sources. no one close to joe manchin in west virginia. look, the old saying is always plan for the fact that no plan ever goes according to plan, right? despite what the activists playing pundits are saying manchin has been consistent in his messaging since the beginning and his concerns over spending before. when you throw in heating costs will go up 50% this winter. that s the forecast. gas prices are still at 10-year highs. maybe just maybe democrats should have followed manchin s pragmatism and shelved the bill for a later date. political pundits can attack manchin on the personal level. the american people care about solutions not food fights and making manchin the worst guy this planet has seen since mao won t resonate.
house yesterday, it is abundantly clear that we cannot trust what senator manchin says. some of manchin s colleagues can t believe their eyes and ears. it is not just joe manchin who tanked the spengd bill. it is manchin and all 50 republicans. i give joe a lot of credit. the amount of abuse and flak he has taken from some of his colleagues from the left wing all over america. it is pretty shocking when you think about it. so now there is a stalemate. sounds like white house officials are going to wait to hear from joe manchin about what he could possibly get behind, but it is not entirely clear right now if whatever manchin eventually likes will be okay with other democrats. around we go. harris: and around we go negotiating. it is the swamp and what i said yesterday. it is not over yet. peter doocy, thank you. we get more insight into why senator joe manchin said the white house staff did absolutely inexcusable things to him. manchin has been the target of