Manchin clarifies: He'd oppose second high court nominee right before presidential election
Centrist Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Monday said he would not support confirming another nominee selected by President Biden for the Supreme Court immediately before the 2024 presidential election, clarifying remarks he'd made earlier about the midterm elections.
Manchin said he would prefer to wait until the country knows who will occupy the White House in 2025.
Manchin walked back the comment he made earlier afternoon indicating that he would not support confirming a second Biden nominee to the Supreme Court if another vacancy occurs shortly before the Nov. 8 midterm election.
Asked if the Senate should act if another seat becomes vacant “later in the year closer to the election,” Manchin responded: “I’m not going to be hypocritical on that.
“If it comes a week or two weeks before like it did with our last Supreme Court nominee, I think that’s a time it should go to the next election,” he said.
Manchin’s comments immediately attracted attention on Twitter after several reporters posted his comments.
He then explained to reporters that he “misspoke” and that he would only support holding up a Supreme Court confirmation proceeding immediately before the next presidential election.
“I was referring to that election, before a major presidential election,” he said.
The problem with it is that he's actually being hypocritical. So much of his schtick is bipartisanship, but here he is saying that scotus appointments shouldn't be bipartisan.wow.
Biden need to send them goons to see this man at this point.
The problem with it is that he's actually being hypocritical. So much of his schtick is bipartisanship, but here he is saying that scotus appointments shouldn't be bipartisan.
Fam, everyone knows Manchin been bought off. There was a former oil executive who said he talked to Manchin every week. There is a zoom call where Manchin says he was bought off and is talking to his owners.It's pretty apparent that he's been bought off. Biden should use every tool at his disposal to find out what's in dude's bank account, offshore accounts, everything, and find out who's paying him off, and then leak it to the press.
Stop playing nice with these folks. Manchin is as much a traitor as Ted Cruz at this point.
Fam, everyone knows Manchin been bought off. There was a former oil executive who said he talked to Manchin every week. There is a zoom call where Manchin says he was bought off and is talking to his owners.
The media doesn’t give a fukk about it and it seems neither do elected officials.
We live in a wildly corrupt country, bredrin.
Trump won WV with 70% of the vote.Fam, everyone knows Manchin been bought off. There was a former oil executive who said he talked to Manchin every week. There is a zoom call where Manchin says he was bought off and is talking to his owners.
The media doesn’t give a fukk about it and it seems neither do elected officials.
We live in a wildly corrupt country, bredrin.
Trump won WV with 70% of the vote.
IDK what else we expect from a guy like Manchin who is already conservative.