REACHING ACROSS THE AISLE TO SO-CALLED CENTRIST DEMOCRATS IN
ORDER TO GET THEIR COOPERATION IN CUTTING TAXES FOR THE TOP 1%.
NOW, UNDERSTANDABLY THERE DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE WHO ARE
AGAINST IT, AND THEY HAVE ESSENTIALLY OUTLINED THEIR
OPPOSITION TO ANY BILL THAT WOULD ADD TO THE DEFICIT OR CUT
TAXES TO THE TOP 1%.
THEY DID SO IN THE FORM OF A LETTER, BUT
THERE WERE THREE SENATORS WHO REFUSED TO SIGN IT.
ONE OF THOSE
WAS JOE MANCHIN.
JOE MANCHIN IS GOING TO GET CHALLENGED BY
PATRICK MORRISSEY, AND THIS IS OF COURSE THE SENATE ELECTION IN
WEST VIRGINIA, HE IS CURRENTLY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN WEST
VIRGINIA AND IT SEEMS LIKE HE WILL CHALLENGE MANCHIN IN AN
UPCOMING ELECTION, SO HE TWEETED ABOUT HOW IT SEEMS AS THOUGH
MANCHIN ISN'T REALLY LOOKING OUT FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF HIS
CONSTITUENTS, LET'S GET TO THAT --
NOW, SENATOR JOE MANCHIN HAD AN INTERESTING RESPONSE TO THIS,
I WANT TO READ TO YOU WHAT HE SAID.
HE SAYS --
THAT SOUNDS LIKE FUN TOUGH GUY TALK, AND I GUESS I WILL
GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR THAT.
OF COURSE IT'S NOT REMOTELY TRUE,
IF HE REALLY DIDN'T CARE HE WOULDN'T BE A SENATOR.
I LIKE
THE REFERENCE TO CASH ME OUTSIDE, HOW ABOUT THAT -- LET'S
GET TO THE CRITICISM.
FIRST OF ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT MANCHIN IS
SAYING BY NOT SIGNING THAT LETTER, HE'S SAYING I DON'T CARE
IF IT'S REVENUE NEUTRAL.
ALL THAT TIME I SAID I WAS A
CENTRIST DEMOCRAT BECAUSE I CARED ABOUT BALANCED BUDGETS AND
FISCAL RESPONSE ABILITY, JUST KIDDING.
I JUST WANTED TAX CUTS
FOR THE RICH.
I DON'T CARE IF IT CREATES AN EXTRA TRILLION DOLLAR
DEFICIT ON TOP, OR MAYBE EVEN $7 TRILLION, ACCORDING TO TRUMP'S
PROPOSALS.
THAT PART YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT, DON'T GIVE A SHIT,
I WANT TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH AND CORPORATIONS.
WE HEAR YOU LOUD
AND CLEAR, JOE MANCHIN.
IN THIS CASE MORRISSEY IS THE
REPUBLICAN, HE THINKS HE'S GOING TO RUN AGAINST JOE MANCHIN, BUT
I'VE GOT BAD NEWS FOR HIM, HE'S NOT.
HE'S GOING TO RUN AGAINST
SWEARINGEN, WHO IS GOING TO BE JOE MANCHIN IN THE PRIMARY.
IF
YOU HAVE A DEMOCRAT AND A REPUBLICAN WHO SAYS WE WILL GIVE
TAX CUTS TO THE RICH, VOTE IN THE PRIMARIES.
PAULA JEAN
SWEARINGEN IS RUNNING AGAINST MANCHIN IN THE PRIMARIES.
PAULAJEAN2018.COM, SHE IS A
JUSTICE DEMOCRAT CANDIDATE.
YOU
KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
WE DON'T
WANT DEMOCRATS WHO A) WILL HELP REPUBLICANS WITH THEIR TOP
PRIORITIES, AND THEN THEY TELL US NO, YOU WANT THOSE DEMOCRATS.
NO I DON'T, I DON'T WANT THOSE DEMOCRATS IN OFFICE, I DON'T
WANT GIANT TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH, I DON'T WANT THAT.
AND
NUMBER TWO THEY SAY YOU HAVE TO BE PRACTICAL, A CORPORATIST HAS
A BETTER CHANCE OF WINNING IN WEST VIRGINIA.
WHAT A
PREPOSTEROUS POINT.
NO, A POPULIST HAS A BETTER CHANCE OF
WINNING IN WEST VIRGINIA, WHETHER THEY COME FROM THE RIGHT
OR THE LEFT.
THANK GOD IN THIS CASE PAULA JEAN IS COMING FROM
THE LEFT, AND SHE'S A POPULIST WHO ACTUALLY CARES ABOUT THE
POPULATION.
SHE WILL NOT SAY YES TO CORPORATE TAX CUTS.
67% OF
AMERICANS ARE FOR INCREASING TAXES ON THE RICH, NOT
DECREASING THEM.
LOOK INTO IT. AND IF YOU HEAR ANYONE ON TV
TELLING YOU THAT AMERICANS WANTS TAXES CUT FOR THE RICH AND
CORPORATIONS, THEY ARE LIARS OR GROTESQUELY IGNORANT AND SHOULD
BE FIRED FROM THEIR JOBS.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE FACTS, GO GET
ANOTHER JOB.
WHETHER IT'S JUSTICEDEMOCRATS.COM/WIN OR ANY
OTHER WAY THAT YOU OPPOSE BLUE DOG DEMOCRATS, CORPORATE
DEMOCRATS -- AND YOU ASK WHY, IS A PERSONAL?
IT'S NOT PERSONAL,
JOE MANCHIN CAME ON HERE AND WE HAD A NICE CONVERSATION, OTHER
THAN THAT I DON'T KNOW THE GUY, I HAVEN'T HAD A BEER WITH HIM.
BUT IF YOU SAY I'M GOING TO SERVE MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS
AND BY DONORS YOU HAVE TO GO. AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE PAULA
JEAN, I HEAR YOU.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO SUPPORT MY CANDIDATE, GO FIND
A CANDIDATE TO RUN AGAINST HIM.
WEST VIRGINIA IS NOT FOR
MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS, THAT'S A GIANT MYTH PUT OUT BY
MAINSTREAM MEDIA AND CORPORATE DEMOCRATS AND THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE.