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Joe Manchin: “They figure surely to God we can move one person, surely we can badger and beat one person up, surely we can get enough…”

On the recordDecember 20, 2021
They figure surely to God we can move one person, surely we can badger and beat one person up, surely we can get enough protesters to make that person uncomfortable enough, they`ll just say, okay, I`ll vote for anything, just quit.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia
Source
msnbc.com

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Joe Manchin discusses the pressure he feels from Democrats regarding the Build Back Better Bill.

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