U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, Democrat from West Virginia, under fire from many elected Democrats and Democratic voters, pushed back on Thursday, proudly declaring he’s no liberal – and announcing his top-dollar limit on President Joe Biden’s social spending bill, the Build Back Better Act.
“I’ve never been a liberal,” Manchin told reporters when pressed on his positions on President Biden’s $3.5 trillion social programs legislation.
Manchin says his top-dollar limit is a mere $1.5 trillion.
Instead, Manchin announced he’s willing to support less than half of the Biden agenda:
Former Clinton White House press secretary weighs in:
National Journal’s Zach C. Cohen posted this very telling image of the scrum of reporters surrounding the West Virginia Senator.