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Manchin has expressed opposition to [[court packing]].<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2020/09/27/joe-manchin-court-packing-filibuster-senate/ Manchin Reiterates Stance Against Court Packing, Filibuster Abolishment Efforts: ‘The Senate Is So Much Different’]</ref><ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/10/26/manchin-on-court-packing-weve-proven-that-doesnt-work/ Manchin on Court-Packing: ‘We’ve Proven That Doesn’t Work’]</ref>  Manchin has properly opposed [[Left Coast]]-led attempts to pour upwards of a trillion taxpayer dollars into phony [[green energy]] [[boondoggle]]s.

Manchin has expressed opposition to [[court packing]].<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2020/09/27/joe-manchin-court-packing-filibuster-senate/ Manchin Reiterates Stance Against Court Packing, Filibuster Abolishment Efforts: ‘The Senate Is So Much Different’]</ref><ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/10/26/manchin-on-court-packing-weve-proven-that-doesnt-work/ Manchin on Court-Packing: ‘We’ve Proven That Doesn’t Work’]</ref>  Manchin has properly opposed [[Left Coast]]-led attempts to pour upwards of a trillion taxpayer dollars into phony [[green energy]] [[boondoggle]]s.

But in August 2022, Manchin caved into [[liberal]] pressure to enact a massive [[climate change]] bill that cripples the [[coal]] industry, on which [[West Virginia]] depends, and provides lavishly wasteful subsidies to inefficient [[green energy]].  In return, all that Manchin obtained for West Virginians was a promise to allow it to complete a [[natural gas]] pipeline, known as the [[Mountain Valley Pipeline]].

[[Conservative]] Rep. [[Alex Mooney]] (R-WV) is expected to challenge Manchin for reelection to the [[U.S. Senate]] in 2024, and began running ads against him in August 2022 when Manchin caved into [[liberal]] pressure to enact a massive [[climate change]] bill that cripples the [[coal]] industry, on which [[West Virginia]] depends, and provides lavishly wasteful subsidies to inefficient [[green energy]].  In return, all that Manchin obtained for West Virginians was a promise to allow it to complete a [[natural gas]] pipeline, known as the [[Mountain Valley Pipeline]].

In the [[117th Congress]] Manchin served as the vice-chair of the Senate Democrats’ policy and communications committee until he determined he could no longer go along with the Democrats' [[Marxist]] [[Build Back Better]] agenda and [[Green New Deal]].<ref>https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/10/senator-joe-manchin-democratic-party-exit-plan-biden-infrastructure-deal-exclusive/</ref>  Manchin, along with [[Arizona]] Sen. [[Kyrsten Sinema]], have been known for being the two Democrat senators who voted to keep the [[U.S. Senate]]'s [[filibuster]] intact despite several threats from their own party.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/25/democrat-joe-manchin-opposes-nuking-filibuster-over-gop-january-6-commission-opposition/</ref> He has been viewed as a [[DINO]] (Democrat in Name Only) for not holding radical views like the rest of the Democratic Party.

In the [[117th Congress]] Manchin served as the vice-chair of the Senate Democrats’ policy and communications committee until he determined he could no longer go along with the Democrats' [[Marxist]] [[Build Back Better]] agenda and [[Green New Deal]].<ref>https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/10/senator-joe-manchin-democratic-party-exit-plan-biden-infrastructure-deal-exclusive/</ref>  Manchin, along with [[Arizona]] Sen. [[Kyrsten Sinema]], have been known for being the two Democrat senators who voted to keep the [[U.S. Senate]]'s [[filibuster]] intact despite several threats from their own party.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/25/democrat-joe-manchin-opposes-nuking-filibuster-over-gop-january-6-commission-opposition/</ref> He has been viewed as a [[DINO]] (Democrat in Name Only) for not holding radical views like the rest of the Democratic Party.