Joe Manchin actually said...
You know, voting is a bedrock of our democracy, an open, fair, secure voting. We used to go around the world and explain and show and observe voting procedures in a democracy. And now if we can’t practice what we preach and we’re going to basically do an overhaul, an 800-page overhaul of the voting rights or what we call For the People Act, I think there are a lot of great things and I agree in that piece of legislation, but there’s an awful lot of things that basically don’t pertain directly to voting.
Context
Manchin discusses the importance of voting and his concerns about the For the People Act.
06/06/2021