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Joe Manchin: “What they don't want is for you to throw them a life preserver that is weighted down with an anchor.”

On the recordJanuary 26, 2021
What they don't want is for you to throw them a life preserver that is weighted down with an anchor.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Manchin criticizes ineffective support from previous administrations.

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