"Under no circumstances would I support packing the court or ending the filibuster if there is a 50-50 tie," said Manchin in an interview with the Washington Examiner.
In a deadlocked Senate, Manchin could be the deciding vote on a wide range of issues — somebody who could make or break Joe
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's efforts to pass legislation.
In a wide-ranging interview, he laid out his views on the policy areas Democrats needed to focus on, and he was deeply critical of many items on the progressive wish list.
"Defund, my butt!" he said in response to the idea of stripping funding of police departments. He also criticized efforts to provide "Medicare for all" and said Biden needed to focus his presidency initially on fighting the coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
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, and after that, on rebuilding the nation's infrastructure.
Manchin's answer on the filibuster is a departure from Biden’s hedge last summer, when he told news hounds the firmness of his position "is going to depend on how obstreperous" Senate Republicans are when he is president.
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