Joe Manchin: Obama and Biden Destroyed "the Guardrails" That Make Peaceful Democracy Possible

He also says that Biden was an anger junkie incapable of controlling his temper.

And that's before he lost most of his executive function to dementia. (That's my addition at the end, he didn't say that.)

Former Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin is opening up about the wrath he faced from former President Joe Biden -- and how the West Virginian was quietly pulling for Republicans to retake the Senate this past November to save the filibuster.

In his forthcoming book, "Dead Center," Manchin -- the former West Virginia governor who repped the Mountain State for more than 14 years in the Senate -- accused prominent Democrats of undermining the system of checks and balances for more than a decade.

"I don't say this lightly, but under the leadership of President [Barack] Obama and Majority Leader Harry Reid, and later President Biden and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Democrats have systematically tried to weaken the very guardrails that have protected our democracy for generations -- all in the name of advancing their agenda," wrote Manchin, 78, in an excerpt obtained by Punchbowl News.

Manchin, who opted not to seek a third full term in 2024, often found himself at loggerheads with Democratic leadership over his concerns that the far left had too much sway in the party.

In his final term, Manchin and fellow Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona took a public stance against doing away with the Senate's 60-vote legislative filibuster.

In 2022, Manchin recounted, he faced pressure from Schumer to weaken the filibuster to pass election legislation.

"Schumer wasn't interested in debate or persuasion," Manchin wrote. "He wanted a spectacle. He wanted a vote he could weaponize, a moment he could broadcast to the radical left to prove his loyalty. This wasn't about governing or principle. It was about power."

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Turning to Biden, Manchin knocked the 46th president for having a "very bad temper," though the West Virginian apparently was willing to give as good as he got.

In early 2021, during negotiations over the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, Manchin says he called out Biden as "reckless" for "sending a f--ing check to everyone."

The American Rescue Plan was blamed in part for annual inflation hitting 9.1% in June 2022 -- the highest rate in nearly 40 years.

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"When the party pushes hard on woke ideology, DEI [diversity, equity, and inclusion] mandates, and other social agendas, it creates unnecessary divisions, alienates everyday citizens, and moves us further away from the commonsense middle ground where most Americans actually live their lives," he argued.

He says he kept waiting for the moment to change parties, but only now realizes he should have done so in 2016.

Meanwhile, President Trump confirms that the antifa killer was radicalized by left-wing extremists on the internet, and discusses declaring antifa a terrorist organization and using RICO to bankrupt its funders.

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[Kyle Robinson, the trans furry-humping antifa assassin] told everybody on Discord that he did it.

Every Antifa Discord server is in full panic right now.

Because I'm pretty sure the gov will be looking very very hard at private servers that are stirring up political violence.

Don't bother scrubbing, Discord saves everything even if you delete.

I am looking forward to all the Antifa mods collectively crapping their pants today.

This cunt female reporter claims the "attack on Gabbie Giffords" was a right-wing attack. It wasn't, he was a lunatic who believed that the rules of grammar were nonsensical and arbitrary and sought her out to help him bring the Grammar Problem to the public. She didn't help him, so he killed her.

The guy who burned down the PA governor's mansion was a pro-Palestine anti-Jew leftist.

The guy who attacked Paul Pelosi was just a lifelong drug abuser and drug dealer. Nothing to do with the right.

Take a look at CNN, Mr. President -- they continue promoting left-wing extremists who urge their fellow leftists to assassinate right-leaning people.

We can't denaturalize and deport our way out of this.

But damnit, we should give it our best effort, Gentlemen and Female Gentlemen!*

* A YouTube reaction guy, a "right wing Jew," that I watch called Nuxanor begins most shows by saying "Welcome Gentlemen, and Female Gentlemen." I think it's kinda funny and wanted to share. I might start stealing it, now that I've acknowledged the victim of the theft.

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