{"id":29797,"date":"2023-11-10T12:40:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T20:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=29797"},"modified":"2023-11-10T12:40:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T20:40:04","slug":"after-years-of-tanking-climate-action-and-anti-poverty-measures-manchin-announces-exit-from-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/11\/10\/after-years-of-tanking-climate-action-and-anti-poverty-measures-manchin-announces-exit-from-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"After Years of Tanking Climate Action and Anti-Poverty Measures, Manchin Announces Exit From Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is seen after the Senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on November 29, 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Photo: Tom Williams\/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“During his time in office, Manchin served the fossil fuel industry and lined his pockets with the payoff,” said one critic.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JULIA CONLEY<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nov 09, 2023 (CommonDream.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Progressives on Thursday were unsurprised to hear that right-wing Democratic U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin<\/a> has decided not to seek reelection next year, following recent polling<\/a> that showed him 13 points behind Republican Gov. Jim Justice\u2014but expressed frustration over the conservative senator’s legacy of tanking the Democratic Party’s agenda as leaders insisted he was the only Democrat who could possibly win the approval of voters in his home state of West Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Manchin released a video<\/a> announcing he will retire from the Senate seat he’s held since 2010, former Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner<\/a> (D) noted that economic justice and rights advocates have long been told they “had to sacrifice every progressive reform so we could hold on to a blue seat in West Virginia.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Now, he’s vacating the seat,” said Turner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m old enough to remember when neoliberals said we had to sacrifice every progressive reform so we could hold on to a blue seat in West Virginia.

Now, he\u2019s vacating the seat. https:\/\/t.co\/x3Cs736xVJ<\/a><\/p>— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) November 9, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>