Joe Manchin actually said...

"The modern Republican Party has no interest in contributing its ideas to legislation that's going to be passed by Joe Biden. Its only idea is to make sure that Joe Biden fails."

"Pushing through legislation of this magnitude on a partisan basis may garner short term benefits, but will inevitably only exacerbate the distrust that millions of Americans harbor against the U.S. go..."

"I`m thinking of people like Joe Manchin, who is clinging to the filibuster like a binky and saying he`ll never let it go no matter what."

"Joe Manchin has said that he's interested in protecting the vote. He has some problems with some elements of this particular bill that he's thinks go beyond just voting."