Well folks, I never thought I would do it, but I'm gonna sit here today and actually
heap some praise on Joe Manchin and no, not because of his agreement with Chuck Schumer
last week.
Instead, this is about Joe Manchin's appearance on Fox news, where he absolutely brutalized
host Harris Faulkner.
So if you haven't seen the clip, here it is, Joe Manchin giving one of the best performances
of his entire career.
Take a look.
To meet the challenges.
Yeah, but the elections are gonna need some help.
You've got a president who is.
I am not going to make a statement on that.
Approval rating is like as low as Congresses.
I mean.
Well, can't we all do something great?
Are you afraid?
When you get into the thirties, no one's that popular and that's this president.
Harris, are you scared we're gonna do something good that'll help our country?
And someone might take credit for it?
I'm, of course not.
My father served.
Are you kidding?
Service is in the Bible.
Well, it sounds like you are.
That's what we do.
We serve our fellow man and woman.
That's exactly what I'm doing.
Don't, don't.
Exactly, Harris.
Don't make this personal, because it's not.
I'm simply asking that you've got a president who can't really help anybody on the campaign
trail with the numbers he's rocking right now.
Well, let me just tell you this.
And so to have you say something like that, it doesn't sound supportive of your own party.
And I'm asking, why?
Let me just say this, I'm working with what I have here and the majority party that we
have is a Democratic party.
I'm working with a president who's accepted.
Now usually I'm not a fan of, well, anything related to Joe Manchin, certainly not a fan
of his smugness.
But he was sitting there and I'm gonna give him credit for the smugness.
Right.
You gotta give credit where credit is due and Joe Manchin deserves a hell of a lot of
credit for that performance on Fox news.
Okay.
So I'm giving him top marks on this.
That was absolutely beautiful how he called out Harris Faulkner and basically Fox news
and pretty much the entire Republican party.
I mean, are you afraid we're going to do something good that'll help our country?
That statement right there first and foremost, usually applies to Joe Manchin himself.
But more importantly, that is the message that the Democratic party needs to be sending
to the Republicans at every given opportunity.
That line is beautiful.
That line is perfect.
And that line is of course based in what we see Republicans doing every single day.
And that is of course one, going against the will of the American public passing laws that
are hugely unpopular, repealing protections that are hugely popular.
And of course, blocking legislation that would actually have the opportunity to improve the
lives of average working class Americans.
Republicans are against all of that because as Joe Manchin says, maybe you're afraid we're
actually gonna do something good for the country because the Democrats doing something good
for the country is the worst thing in the world that could happen to the Republicans.
Because if Democrats are successful, Republicans will lose.
If Democrats are able to improve people's lives, nobody's gonna see a need to vote for
Republicans in the future.
Because even at the end of the day, after all the Republican culture war nonsense, people
still mostly care about kitchen table issues.
And that is of course, how is this going to affect my wallet?
How does this impact our household?
How does this impact my ability to feed my kids?
Those are the issues that deep down most Americans care the most about.
And if Democrats are able to make headway and ease those concerns that parents have
when they're sitting down for dinner, then they're going to win.
And nothing is more terrifying than the Democrats delivering for the American public and winning
elections for the Republican party.
They hate that.
It terrifies them.
They have nightmares about Democrats actually making good on their promises and making all
of our lives a little better.
And Joe Manchin actually did a wonderful job of calling them out on it.