Manchin Won’t Support Build Back Better: “This Is No”

The Washington Post reports:

Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) on Sunday said that he could not support Democrats’ roughly $2 trillion bill to overhaul the country’s health care, education, immigration, climate and tax laws, dealing a potentially fatal blow to the final piece of President Biden’s economic agenda.

“I can’t move forward. I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation, I just can’t,” Manchin said on Fox News Sunday, citing the impacts of rising prices, the arrival of a new coronavirus variant and other domestic and international challenges. “I can’t get there … This is a no.”

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#Mansion, a Democrat, goes on FoxNews to torpedo the Democratic #POTUS plan to deliver what families desperately needs. We have work to do! https://t.co/NfbedVYvcF

— Maya Wiley (@mayawiley) December 19, 2021

“This is a no on this legislation” — On Fox News Sunday, Manchin announces he won’t vote for the Build Back Better bill. Game over. pic.twitter.com/p0rCu4kl7M

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 19, 2021