Leaked Audio Of Sen. Joe Manchin Call With Billionaire Donors Provides Rare Glimpse Of Dealmaking On Filibuster And January 6 Commission

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Leaked Audio of Sen. Joe Manchin Call With Billionaire Donors Provides Rare Glimpse of Dealmaking on Filibuster and Jan. 6 Commission

Manchin urged big-money donors with No Labels to talk to Sen. Roy Blunt about flipping his vote on the commission in order to save the filibuster.

theintercept.com

The remarks were given on a Zoom teleconference session that was obtained by The Intercept.

The meeting was hosted by the group No Labels, a big money operation co-founded by former Sen. Joe Lieberman that funnels high-net-worth donor money to conservative Democrats and moderate Republicans.

 

[Gomez Adams]

It wasn't a leak. It's a planned political move trying to get Manchin some decent press because he is getting hammered here.

It's also a buying time tactic. That's McConnell's strategy: run out the clock. Keep democrats talking and not acting until next year.

 

[Grimhogun]

Just more proof that billionaires run the country not the people.

 

[Hugo Stiglitz]

The headline alone is enough to piss me off.