{"id":12672,"date":"2022-05-02T13:48:26","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T17:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mydailyfreedom.com\/?p=12672"},"modified":"2024-01-31T10:42:09","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T14:42:09","slug":"manchin-endorses-republican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/manchin-endorses-republican\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchin endorses Republican candidate, releases video calling opponent a liar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin has endorsed Republican Rep. David McKinley out of West Virginia, giving President Joe Biden&#8217;s Build Back Better plan another batch of bad news. Manchin also released a video calling McKinley&#8217;s opponent a liar.<br \/>\nWATCH the video:<br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 1200px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-12672-1\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/manchinvideo.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/manchinvideo.mp4\">https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/manchinvideo.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><br \/>\nHowever, there is quite a conflict with this because McKinley was accused of supporting Biden&#8217;s Build Back Better plan, despite the fact that Manchin has blocked it. The problem comes from Rep. Alex Mooney who originally accused McKinley of laying the foundation for Biden&#8217;s Build Back Better when he allegedly voted to approve of the massive $1.2 billion spending plan.<br \/>\nManchin accused the other rep of lying about his endorsed candidate.<br \/>\nManchin straight up said, &#8220;I\u2019ve always said if I can\u2019t go home and explain it, I can\u2019t vote for it. And that\u2019s why I opposed Build Back Better\u200b&#8230; \u200bFor Alex Mooney and his out-of-state supporters to suggest David McKinley supported Build Back Better is an outright lie.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/02\/manchin-endorses-w-va-republican-in-latest-slam-of-biden-spending\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NY Post<\/a> provided more information on the controversy, stating the following: &#8220;<em>Manchin said McKinley has \u201calways opposed reckless spending\u201d that doesn\u2019t benefit the state, while \u200b\u201dAlex Mooney has proven he\u2019s all about Alex Mooney. But West Virginians know David McKinley is all about us\u200b.\u201d \u200b<\/em><br \/>\n<em>McKinley, who represents the 1st Congressional District, was pitted against Mooney, the incumbent in the 2nd Congressional District, when the districts were consolidated after West Virginia lost a seat in the 2020 Census.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Mooney has claimed that McKinley, who was among 13 Republicans who voted for the infrastructure package, provided momentum for the Build Back Better bill that included money for a number of social spending programs.<\/em>&#8221;<br \/>\nIt should be noted that McKinley and Mooney BOTH voted against the Build Back Better plan that had already passed the \u200bDemocrat-controlled \u200bHouse 220-213 in November 2021.<br \/>\nThat vote by McKinley supports Joe Manchin&#8217;s defense and endorsement of him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin has endorsed Republican Rep. David McKinley out of West Virginia, giving President Joe Biden&#8217;s Build Back Better plan another batch of bad news. Manchin also released a video calling McKinley&#8217;s opponent a liar. WATCH the video: However, there is quite a conflict with this because McKinley was accused of supporting Biden&#8217;s &#8230; <a title=\"Manchin endorses Republican candidate, releases video calling opponent a liar\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/manchin-endorses-republican\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Manchin endorses Republican candidate, releases video calling opponent a liar\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12674,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendingviews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}