Daily Verse | James 1:13-14
When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed.

Tuesday’s Reading: 1 Peter 1-5

Tuesday and Joe Manchin continues to suffer the indignity of having his patriotism, honesty and morality smeared. To hear progressives tell it, the “other” Joe has torpedoed democracy, reneged on his promised support for the Build Better Bolshevism bill and has betrayed the poor and the children to a lifetime of hardship.

Fortunately, he’s got a spine.

“I knew where they were, and I knew what they could and could not do. They just never realized it, because they figured 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,” he said. “Well, guess what? I’m from West Virginia. I’m not from where they’re from and they can just beat the living crap out of people and think they’ll be submissive, period.”

If it wasn’t for Joe Manchin, we’d be looking at an economic wrecking ball across our country. I kinda feel like this:

Some Democrats, including Kirsten Powers, think Manchin should just become a Republican. But Manchin thinks otherwise.

He criticized Democrats for approaching legislation “as if you have 55 or 60 senators that are Democrats and you can do whatever you want.”

“I think I still represent the centrist wing of a Democratic Party that has compassion but also has reasonability,” he said.

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And as for whether he thinks there’s still a place for him in the Democratic Party, he said: “I would like to hope there are still Democrats who think like I do. I’m fiscally responsible and socially compassionate. Now, if there are no Democrats like that, then they’ll have to push me where they want me.”

I hate to break it to you, Joe, but your hope that there’s still some Dems who think like you do is a pipe dream. Like I said yesterday, besides Kyrsten Sinema and Tulsi Gabbard, that “wing” of the Democrat party is nearly invisible. I mean, every single Democrat is onboard with the BBB — except Manchin. Where are those “centrists” he’s referring to?

Not in the Senate.

I thank God for Joe Manchin. It is one more display of His grace and compassion that He provided a way out from underneath the tyrannical aspirations of the Democrat party, and He did it with a Democrat.