West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin called today’s vote to oust McCarthy a “sad day for our country” that sends a negative message to the rest of the world about American democracy.

-Said a douchebag who spent years obstructing progress.

Eli5 on Joe Manchin please? Never heard of him

Democratic senator from an otherwise red state. He tends to be a spoiler for Democratic plans, along with Kristen Synema.

from an otherwise red state

Not really, his voters overwhelmingly support progressive policies.

It’s just no progressive has a chance in the primary with the party blocking all of Manchin’s primary opponents.

It has been on a downswing lately tho. 2016 there was more D than R voters, and 2021 it got tied up.

I do t know why everyone acts like all these “red states” are worth writing off, it really wouldn’t be hard if we actually tried for them.