Received this e-mail today from Democracy for America:
He did it again. Joe Manchin, Democratic Senator from West Virginia, once more voted to confirm one of Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees. This time it was Scott Pruitt, the oil and gas shill Trump picked to destroy the Environmental Protection Agency.
Joe Manchin has voted for 11 out the 14 Cabinet nominees the Senate has decided on -- that's worse than any other Senate Democrat. Manchin even voted for the white supremacist Jeff Sessions. And he remained silent when Trump launched a racist attack on Elizabeth Warren.
We cannot allow any Senate Democrat to undermine the resistance or enable Trump like this. There need to be some consequences. Joe Manchin is a member of the Senate Democratic leadership. Democracy for America is joining CREDO Action, #AllofUs, Other98, and 350 Action to tell Chuck Schumer that Manchin shouldn't serve in Senate leadership any more.
Will you join us? Sign the petition and tell Chuck Schumer: Drop Sen. Manchin from your leadership team.
Manchin has a long record of undermining Democratic, progressive values and siding with extremists like Trump. Those actions include:
- Voting to defund Planned Parenthood and supporting the Hyde Amendment
- Voting with Wall Street banks against helping foreclosure victims
- Telling Fox News that President Obama's climate policies are a "war on America"
- Attacking Harry Reid for criticizing Trump's election
There are plenty of Senate Democrats from red states who don't undermine us and aid Trump like Joe Manchin has. With Democrats holding 48 votes in the Senate, we need unity from every last one of them.
That's not what we're getting from Joe Manchin right now. It's time for Chuck Schumer to act.
Sign the petition and tell Chuck Schumer: Drop Sen. Manchin from your leadership team.
Thank you for pushing back against Democrats who help Trump.
- Robert
Robert Cruickshank, Senior Campaign Manager
Democracy for America
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