this space. you know, senator franken, i guess i don t understand. joe manchin has outside influence and outside power but his state is incredibly poor. i ve not seen evidence that he s used his power to help those struggling coal miners dying of black lung who have a work life span that s much shorter because of the jobs they re doing to make money and feed their kids. i haven t seen him go out and advocate that. i seen him insult the people, if you give them money they will use drugs and go hunting. if i said that it would be insulting. he s saying that. i wonder where chuck schumer will give in because he doesn t seem interested in those people but claims he s the only person that understands them. he said that about the child tax credit but he s talked you know the joe biden desperately wants child tax