'Jim Crow Joe' Manchin accused of racism and misogyny

By David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement

Published February 23, 2021

Senator Joe Manchin (D_WV), DoD photo by Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz

His net worth is reportedly more than $7 million. He makes $174,000 at his day job
as the Chairman of the Senate Energy Committee, but he also has nancial ties to
the family's multi-million dollar coal company, which he used to run.
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) is a multi-millionaire living in one of America's
poorest states, and he's on track to derail President Joe Biden's agenda on multiple
fronts.

Manchin has long been known as a conservative Democrat. His rst act as a U.S.
Senator was to be the only Democrat to vote against the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't
Tell." He claimed that even after being the state's governor and serving in public
government roles for decades he wasn't sure how his constituents wanted him to
vote.

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The West Virginia Democrat no longer is "confused" by which way he wants to vote.

Manchin has decided that tens of million of Americans working for minimum wage
don't deserve $15 an hour. He wants to cap the maximum increase to $11 an hour. He
thinks $15 an hour, or about $31,0000 a year, as a full-time minimum employee is
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just too much.

Manchin didn't cite any studies, just his gut.

“I would amend it to $11," Sen. Manchin said, according to CNN's Manu Raju. "We
can do $11 in two years and be in a better position than they're going to be with $15
in ve years."

It's unclear who would be in a "better position," or who "we" and "they" are.

The $15 minimum wage is not the only important Biden agenda item Manchin wants
to kill.

Last week he effectively killed any chance Biden's pick to head the Of ce of
Management and Budget had to be con rmed. Manchin announced late Friday
afternoon Neera Tanden's tweets were just too mean, and she therefore should not
be con rmed.

Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) followed on Monday morning, announcing she too
found the mean tweets disturbing, and would vote against con rmation. Later
Monday, Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) followed suit.

Tanden, a woman of color whose parents are immigrants from India, is eminently-
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quali ed. She has been the president of the liberal think tank Center for American
Progress for nearly a decade, and has also served in important roles in the Obama
and Clinton White Houses.

Monday night MSNBC's Rachel Maddow observed Manchin "has invented a whole
new standard" for con rmation, which he has never applied to anyone else.

And now, Manchin has signaled he has it out for yet another Biden pick, who just
coincidentally happens to be another woman, and another woman of color.

Senator Manchin has let it be known he's uncomfortable with President Biden's
nominee to head the Dept. of the Interior. U.S. Congresswoman Deb Haaland,
Democrat of New Mexico, just isn't doing it for Manchin.

Like with Tanden (who technically is still in the running) Manchin hasn't stated any
issue with her quali cations.

NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent Leigh Ann Caldwell reports Manchin "is
NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent Leigh Ann Caldwell reports Manchin is
undecided" on Haaland.

If Haaland is con rmed she would become the rst Native American to run Interior,
and the rst Native American Cabinet Secretary.

"Manchin and Haaland have met to discuss her nomination via zoom but Manchin
has remaining questions," Caldwell reports, noting Haaland appears before
Manchin's Energy Committee Tuesday.

Late Monday night Politico published a report titled, "'A double standard going on':
Democrats accuse GOP and Manchin of bias on Biden nominations."

Democrats are expressing anger at Manchin, and ring charges of misogyny and
racism.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@AOC
Jeff Sessions was so openly racist that even Reagan
couldnʼt appoint him.
Manchin voted to confirm him. Sessions then targeted 
immigrant children for wide-scale human rights abuses
w/ family separation.
Yet the 1st Native woman to be Cabinet Sec is where
Manchin finds unease?
Geoff Bennett @GeoffRBennett
Sen. Joe Manchin is undecided on Deb Haaland's nomination for
Interior Secretary, his spokeswoman Sam Runyon tells
@LACaldwellDC. Manchin and Haaland have met to discuss her
nomination via Zoom, but Manchin is said to have "remaining
questions."
1 48 PM · Feb 22, 2021
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Joan Walsh
@joanwalsh
Oh c'mon @Sen_JoeManchin voted for Kavanaugh, Jeff
Sessions and Bill Barr If folks don't see this as the
Sessions and Bill Barr. If folks don t see this as the
misogynist trolling that it is?
Brett Pransky @BrettPransky
Ummm ... @Sen_JoeManchin voted for Kavanaugh, but Neera
Tanden is too divisive to get his vote.
We are drowning in bullshit.
12 08 PM · Feb 22, 2021
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Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org
@froomkin
Some journalist really needs to collar Manchin and ask
him how he justifies opposing Tanden when he voted for
Sessions, Barr, Grennell, Pompeo, Kavanaugh. He
presumably thinks she is worse than they were, or that
Biden has less right to pick his staff than Trump did.
7 35 AM · Feb 22, 2021
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Ashton Pittman
@ashtonpittman
It's starting to sound like Sen. Joe Manchin is trying to
decide how many qualified women of color he needs to
sacrifice to make up for voting to impeach Trump twice.
Geoff Bennett @GeoffRBennett
Sen. Joe Manchin is undecided on Deb Haaland's nomination for
Interior Secretary, his spokeswoman Sam Runyon tells
@LACaldwellDC. Manchin and Haaland have met to discuss her
nomination via Zoom, but Manchin is said to have "remaining
questions."
5 30 PM · Feb 22, 2021
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Tom Watson
@tomwatson
You know who's toxic? The misogynist bigot Joe
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Manchin. This is ridiculous.
Jason Donner @jason_donner
Sen. Manchin on Neera Tanden: "They [Biden Admin] have a
chance to make it bipartisan...I was very clear where I was on it...I
think sheʼs, I donʼt know her, probably a very very good person,
just basically a little bit toxic right now.”
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Matt Murphy @MattMurph24 · Feb 22, 2021
Jon Tester is in a deep red state too so stop making excuses
for Joe Manchin's racism and sexism.
Salander
@salander688
The people who elected Manchin don't give a flying f*ck
who is confirmed. They just want better lives. Joe
Manchin is a gun toting, testosterone fueled misogynist
racist who finds deep pleasure in grinding his jack boot
into women.
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Matt Murphy @MattMurph24 · Feb 22, 2021
Jon Tester is in a deep red state too so stop making excuses
for Joe Manchin's racism and sexism.
Salander
@salander688
The people who elected Manchin don't give a flying f*ck
who is confirmed. They just want better lives. Joe
Manchin is a gun toting, testosterone fueled misogynist
racist who finds deep pleasure in grinding his jack boot
into women.
5 56 PM · Feb 22, 2021
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Lenny, Former Nurse, Chef and Chief Bottle Washer
@yankees1958
Joe Manchin is a poor man's version of a Democrat
Joe Manchin is a poor man s version of a Democrat.
Doesn't like woman appointed to positions, but is okay
with racist, misogynist, sexist White men being in the
Cabinet or the SCOTUS.
5 35 PM · Feb 22, 2021
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Brett Pransky
@BrettPransky
Ummm ... @Sen_JoeManchin voted for Kavanaugh, but
Neera Tanden is too divisive to get his vote.
We are drowning in bullshit.
9 19 AM · Feb 22, 2021
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Adam Parkhomenko
@AdamParkhomenko
Good news, everybody. Weʼre going to achieve unified 
political harmony by blaming women of color for the
divide in this nation. Or at least thatʼs what Joe Manchin
seems to believe.
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Robert Reich @RBReich · Feb 19, 2021
Is Joe Manchin a Democrat?
Diane Thompson
@13vixen
Nope! Joe Manchin is an opportunist, a racist, and a
misogynist, so he must be a Republican.
6 28 PM · Feb 19, 2021
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Bizarro Constitution
 @FedUp1120
Replying to @Sen_JoeManchin
Then why are you @Sen_JoeManchin trying to single
handedly derail everything that President Biden is
fighting for? You should be supporting him in times of
battle not publicly questioning his direction. Makes us
all, especially you, look like wankers.
6 35 PM · Feb 22, 2021
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Bambi Bites Back To Hold The Traitors Accountable
@PatrioticDeer
So apparently @Sen_JoeManchin - you only oppose
women of color? Is that correct? You can appoint a
misogynist, unqualified SCOTUS nominee - Kavanaugh -
but no women of color. Got it. Dems will work together
to make your vote irrelevant. #ManchinIsntADem
Geoff Bennett @GeoffRBennett
Sen. Joe Manchin is undecided on Deb Haaland's nomination for
Interior Secretary, his spokeswoman Sam Runyon tells 
@LACaldwellDC. Manchin and Haaland have met to discuss her
nomination via Zoom, but Manchin is said to have "remaining
questions."
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Sam Stein @samstein · Feb 19, 2021
Replying to @samstein
Manchin voted to confirm Ric Grenell as ambassador to
Germany.
AmyinCLE
@AmyinCLE
Iʼm beginning to think @Sen_JoeManchin is a bit of a
misogynist.
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Jacky Lang
 Jacky Lang
@JackyLangBooks
Replying to @AOC and @johnpavlovitz
Sen. Manchin is going to be a thorn in the side of the
Biden administration isn't he? So again we see one old-
fashioned, conservative, white, man derail government.
At least Mitch said up front he was a Republican.
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Dolly Madison
@dollymad1812
Replying to @val_casto @GeoffRBennett and @LACaldwellDC
Not just the racist @GOPSenate but @Sen_JoeManchin
seems to hate women of color in leadership roles
He aleerty attacked @VP Harris last month for hurting
his delicate ego
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