"Democratic" Senator Joe Manchin casts doubt he will vote for $2,000 checks

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Manchin won’t say whether he supports $2K checks, says untargeted relief ‘not who we are’

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin (W.V.) dodged a question from CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday over whether he would support a second round of stimulus checks for Americans totaling $2,000, but indica…

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Sen. Manchin prefers targeted stimulus checks

The West Virginia Democrat is now the crucial swing vote in the Democratic caucus.

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"I am on board by helping people that need help, people that really can't make it, people who don't have a job, they can't put food on their table. I am in total support of helping them," Manchin said.

"Sending checks to people that basically already have a check and aren't going to be able spend that or are not going to spend it, usually are putting it in their savings account right now, that's not who we are. We have done an awful lot of that, it's time now to target where the money goes," he added.

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He suggested investment in infrastructure and putting people to work as the solution.

I watched the interview yesterday and even though there was no mischaracterization of what was said or misquotes it was closed due to the source.

 

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We can do both you moron.

 

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There's a very recent thread about Senator Manchin and his take on stimulus checks here (as well as a clarification on his remarks):

Senator Joe Manchin (Democrat) says he is unsure about supporting a $2k stimulus check [Up: Originally Quoted Out of Context; See Threadmark]