Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the neck, and then going after Biden too. That is until he tweeted an edited anime video depicting him, well, stabbing Rep. Despite playing a big role in President Donald Trump’s “Stop the Steal” efforts, support for conspiracy theories, and speaking at white nationalist rallies, he’s remained a member of Congress in good standing with plum committee assignments. The veteran Arizona dentist-congressman has been going off the deep end for a few years, and only this week did it catch up to him. But when the Senate returns from Thanksgiving break to take up this reconciliation package, we regret to say that he, and his thoughts about the consumer price index, are all you’re going to hear about. You are so sick of hearing about this man, we understand. Last week’s inflation report, which came in at a 6.2 percent annualized rate, didn’t help, and the House version of the BBBA would spend a lot more money than it would collect in the first five years. The one concern he does openly fret about, though, is inflation, saying it’s the single biggest complaint he hears back home in West Virginia. A typical Manchin answer to any question about his support for the BBBA is, we’re talking, we’re talking, good faith, everyone’s in good faith, just keep talking and talking, that’s all I’m gonna say, talk talk talk talky-too. It’s hard for those of us who cover Joe Manchin to figure out exactly what he wants, but we don’t think it’s much easier for him, either. We shall find out in December how much that trust is worth, because Manchin still hasn’t come out in support of the bill. Pramila Jayapal, the leader of the progressive caucus, said that her group would put its trust in Biden to ensure the BBBA could get 50 votes in the Senate.
One breakthrough that helped get the agenda moving was when progressives in the House decided they’d drop the demand that the Senate pass the BBBA before the House passed the bipartisan infrastructure bill.
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