- Joe Manchin tore into White House staff and his fellow Democrats, blaming them for his decision to vote ‘no’ on Biden’s signature Build Back Better bill
- He accused Democrats of badgering him and beating ‘the living crap’ out of him as they tried to get his vote
- He also said White House staff know the ‘real reason’ he’s a no on the legislation
- ‘It’s not the president,’ Manchin said. ‘It’s the staff. And they drove some things and they put some things out that were absolutely inexcusable. They know’
- ‘They can’t just beat the living crap out of people and think they’ll be submissive,’ he said of Democratic leadership