Joe Manchin is in a lot of hot water (with the elites, media and assorted Democrat politicians, not his constituents).
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., privately questioned whether parents would misuse Child Tax Credit payments to buy drugs, according to three sources familiar with his comments.
The Democrats have done their best over the past 10 years to destroy the coal industry which is one of the main industries in West Virginia. This has tossed hard-working people out of good jobs and sunk them into despair and forced them on the government tit.
So now the leftists running the Democrat party want to do breast augmentation on that tit, not get the people off it into self sufficiency. People are sinking into alcoholism, addiction and other destructive behaviors. Putting them back to work is the first step in helping them become clean, and to prevent them from starting booze or drugs in the first place.
So he is doing the best thing he can do for the benefit of his constituents (not the elite socialists running his party). But keep squeezing him, Dems. There is no downside for him changing parties to either Republican or independent caucusing with the Republicans.