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SouthernCal_Dem

(937 posts)
Sat Jun 25, 2022, 12:54 AM Jun 2022

Manchin says he trusted Gorsuch and Kavanaugh....and is disappointed

Manchin said he's "deeply disappointed" in the justices.

"I trusted Justice Gorsuch and Justice Kavanaugh when they testified under oath that they also believed Roe v. Wade was settled legal precedent and I am alarmed they chose to reject the stability the ruling has provided for two generations of Americans," he said.

Kavanaugh and Gorsuch provided critical votes to assemble a Supreme Court majority to eliminate Roe v. Wade.

Critics of Manchin and Collins described them as naive, if not willfully ignorant of what some said at the time was the likely endgame if the two conservatives were added to the court.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/collins-manchin-misled-kavanaugh-gorsuch-abortion-rights-rcna35230

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Manchin says he trusted Gorsuch and Kavanaugh....and is disappointed (Original Post) SouthernCal_Dem Jun 2022 OP
And the fact that the opinion is not scholarly madaboutharry Jun 2022 #1
Like all politicians...... he lies...nt mitch96 Jun 2022 #23
Boo FUCKING Hoo. n/t Coventina Jun 2022 #2
Golly! If only someone had warned them gratuitous Jun 2022 #3
The Sue Collin's Boo-Hoo Room is the 1st door on the Right. nt OAITW r.2.0 Jun 2022 #4
What bullshit Effete Snob Jun 2022 #5
Manchin is a fucking liar and everyone his statement is aimed at should be offended he holds RockRaven Jun 2022 #6
Disappointed enough to override the filibuster to codify Roe v Wade? n/t PoliticAverse Jun 2022 #7
+1000 MustLoveBeagles Jun 2022 #25
lolololol Solly Mack Jun 2022 #8
He does sincerity so well BeyondGeography Jun 2022 #9
. dalton99a Jun 2022 #10
+1 sl8 Jun 2022 #17
Manchin is a fraud, duforsure Jun 2022 #11
Naive? Willfully ignorant? Act_of_Reparation Jun 2022 #12
Fuck Manchin. Joe Biden trusted him too get his agenda passed. brush Jun 2022 #13
Funny, according to his supporters some months back... Lancero Jun 2022 #14
FWIW, the implication of that statement is that Gorsuch and Kavanaugh perjured themselves. alwaysinasnit Jun 2022 #15
They wee neither naive or willfully ignorant they were arthritisR_US Jun 2022 #16
Only disappointed? DFW Jun 2022 #18
Well Joe, you deal in dissapointment. CentralMass Jun 2022 #19
What has him disappointed? They did exactly what he wanted. If Emile Jun 2022 #20
Could someone put some pearls around his neck PuraVidaDreamin Jun 2022 #21
Gosh, maybe Kavanaugh lied about Christine Blasey Ford, too. tanyev Jun 2022 #22
That's swell, Manchin... IngridsLittleAngel Jun 2022 #24

madaboutharry

(41,390 posts)
1. And the fact that the opinion is not scholarly
Sat Jun 25, 2022, 12:58 AM
Jun 2022

and makes shallow and specious arguments makes it even worse.

I think not so willful ignorance is more accurate.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
3. Golly! If only someone had warned them
Sat Jun 25, 2022, 01:00 AM
Jun 2022

Dangnation, they surely would have vote not to confirm these lying, perjurying liars. Boy, they wouldn't have been taken in then, boy!

RockRaven

(16,534 posts)
6. Manchin is a fucking liar and everyone his statement is aimed at should be offended he holds
Sat Jun 25, 2022, 01:07 AM
Jun 2022

them in such contempt that he would utter it in their direction (on top of every other reason to be offended by him, that is).

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
11. Manchin is a fraud,
Sat Jun 25, 2022, 01:28 AM
Jun 2022

Always has been, and always has excuses to vote against issues with the Democrat, and is the one who can never be trusted.

Act_of_Reparation

(9,116 posts)
12. Naive? Willfully ignorant?
Sat Jun 25, 2022, 01:29 AM
Jun 2022

Nope. Sorry. Not buying it.

I don't think for a second either of these United States Senators were so gullible they actually believed Gorsuch and Kavanaugh. They are talking out both sides of their mouths, plain and simple.

brush

(58,042 posts)
13. Fuck Manchin. Joe Biden trusted him too get his agenda passed.
Sat Jun 25, 2022, 01:46 AM
Jun 2022

He back stabbed at every turn.

Lancero

(3,109 posts)
14. Funny, according to his supporters some months back...
Sat Jun 25, 2022, 02:02 AM
Jun 2022

We should be thanking god that he's a Democrat, and that he alone was preventing Republicans from ripping away womens rights.

Joe Manchin is no differient that Jill Stein. And nether, for that matter, are their supporters.

arthritisR_US

(7,632 posts)
16. They wee neither naive or willfully ignorant they were
Sat Jun 25, 2022, 02:07 AM
Jun 2022

cowards looking for political payback from their RW feck wads

DFW

(56,896 posts)
18. Only disappointed?
Sat Jun 25, 2022, 03:31 AM
Jun 2022

What about concerned? Isn't he at least concerned as well? Hasn't Susan Collins taught him anything?

Emile

(30,798 posts)
20. What has him disappointed? They did exactly what he wanted. If
Sat Jun 25, 2022, 04:55 AM
Jun 2022

he is so disappointed he would support doing away with the filibuster.

PuraVidaDreamin

(4,231 posts)
21. Could someone put some pearls around his neck
Sat Jun 25, 2022, 06:17 AM
Jun 2022

Disappointed huh?

Is that what one says when democracy has lost?

 

IngridsLittleAngel

(1,962 posts)
24. That's swell, Manchin...
Sun Jun 26, 2022, 12:57 AM
Jun 2022

Ironically enough, many of us trusted you and have been nothing but disappointed.

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