NRA is running ads in four states in an attempt to pressure Democrat Senators to vote for Neil Gorsuch. That’s good.
In addition, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) has indicated he will vote for cloture on the nomination.
This concerns me:
“… Serious question: What leverage does the GOP have, really, over Joe Manchin? I know, I know — West Virginia’s one of the reddest states in the union and voted overwhelmingly for Trump, so in theory Trump could swoop in there next year and demand that Manchin be ousted. Realistically, though, Manchin’s going to end up voting with Trump and the GOP on a bunch of legislation over the next 18 months, which will put him back in the White House’s good graces no matter what he does on Gorsuch … On top of all that, Manchin has a strong electoral history in WV … The guy has never seriously been threatened back home …”
Here is the reason for my concern:
“… According to the NYT Mag, Manchin appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe on December 14, 2016, the 4th anniversary of the heinous attack in which 20-year-old Adam Lanza stole guns, killed his mother, then went to Sandy Hook Elementary and killed 26 more innocents. While on air, Manchin again voiced support for his pet gun control item — an expansion of background checks in response to the Sandy Hook attack. Within an hour after his segment ended, Manchin received a phone call from Donald Trump. And while he did not divulge details of the call, he told NYT Mag reporter Robert Draper that he believes he has “a complete opportunity” to secure gun control under Trump …”
This is probably just hot air from Manchin, but I would not put it past the Republicans to offer him something in exchange for his Gorsuch vote.
I say again, they have to know if they fuck us / NRA, the administration is fucked. I don’t believe he will do it. Not for integrity, but he’s just not that stupid. It would be a catastrophic mistake that he would never recover from.
Manchin once tacked ACA to a tree and shot a hole in it on TV. He then walked back into congress and voted for it again. Except for Gillibrand, he is the biggest fake phony fucking whore in the joint.
Do not underestimate the stupidity of the Republicans. If they really wanted to repeal Obamacare this is all they needed to do.
I don’t think it will matter. His gun control agenda will still never pass and he knows it. They will lie to each other for cry out loud. Joe M is probably saying that to just make sure his gun control advocate constituents get what they want and then turn it around and say he got lied to for his vote. It’s more Kubucki Theater