"My Republican friends are my friends they're not my enemies," he said. "And my Democrats are my colleagues, their not my enemies either that's my caucus. Together we've got to make this place work and it should be hard to invoke pain. It should be painful for us, don't make it painful for the other side."
Political theater or not, I wish we saw more of this in the government nowadays...
Yes, for sure. He explicitly says that he has Republican friends (prob means RINOs though). I guess this explains why he doesn't want it to be "lose lose" for Republicans overall.
Just found another Manchin quote (https://archive.vn/wip/ryDMv):
"My Republican friends are my friends they're not my enemies," he said. "And my Democrats are my colleagues, their not my enemies either that's my caucus. Together we've got to make this place work and it should be hard to invoke pain. It should be painful for us, don't make it painful for the other side."
Political theater or not, I wish we saw more of this in the government nowadays...
Yes, for sure. He explicitly says that he has Republican friends (prob means RINOs though). I guess this explains why he doesn't want it to be "lose lose" for Republicans overall.