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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Man I've been debunking that argument for years now. Yay propaganda power.

So the long story short is, he had the count on paper, but a series of different members from his party being incapacitated due to injury, illness, and old age, as well as a few DINOs (Democrats in name only) who preferred to vote with the Republicans, meant he never really had an actual majority on the hill. But yes on paper.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Right, because Manchin is not a democrat when it matters.