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The infighting within the Democratic Party keeps getting uglier. Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), a member of “the Squad,” recently attacked Senator Joe Manchin over his opposition to President Biden’s multi-trillion dollar Build Back Better Act. Manchin recognizes that the bill is just a thinly-disguised and bloated piece of legislation and is pushing for more responsible spending. That’s why he’s been meeting with Biden and voicing his concerns.
That financial prudence got him labeled as “anti-black” by Bush. Remember, Manchin’s a Democrat! It’s yet another sign of how out of touch House progressives are. The people in Bush’s own district in Missouri — nearly half of whom are black — would continue to be locked into dependency on government help if the BBB Act passes.
Manchin’s right to question what’s in the bill. And if the Democrats don’t get their house in order soon, it’s going to cost them control of the House of Representatives in November 2022.
