Joe Manchin Has a Message for 'Self-Declared Independent Socialist' Bernie Sanders

Rebecca Downs / Townhall Tipsheet

 

Friday night certainly had some drama to when it comes to President Joe Biden's Build Back Better agenda, after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) penned an op-ed in the Charleston Gazette-Mail, which is located in Sen. Joe Manchin's (D-WV) state.

 

 In it, Sen. Sanders writes that the "$3.5 trillion Build Back Better bill [is] supported by President Biden and almost all Democrats in Congress." 

He also makes a plea to readers as he tries to equate West Virginia and Vermont:

The United States, and states like West Virginia and Vermont in particular, are seeing their populations age. The result: more and more older Americans and people with disabilities need home health care. They would much prefer to be around their loved ones at home rather than be forced into expensive nursing homes. This bill greatly expands home health care and makes sure that these jobs are...Read entire article and see tweets here.