Sen. Manchin, D-Schumer

Omg @ComfortablySmug, you see Manchin??? pic.twitter.com/gP1LQgpzBQ

— Charlie Cafazza (@Cafazza) January 31, 2018

Sen. Joe Manchin almost applauded the president but Chuck Schumer won't let him.

Why do we West Virginians -- the Trumpiest people in the USA -- have Manchin as our senator?



Manchin showed at the State of the Union address last night whom he works for.

It's not us.

Remember the Teaberry Shuffle?

Manchin and a few other Democrats in Trump states did the Chuck Schumer Shuffle -- where you go to applaud the president, but you have to please your Master.

"You can see them all almost looking around, like 'We almost have to stand for this,' but the derangement is real. They have to do the opposite. They have been forced to take the opposite approach of everything that he does, everything that he says. So even things that are common sense solutions for the American people, they have to do the opposite. And you could see it. It was amazing to watch," Donald Trump Jr. said.

Manchin did not applaud:

• "We proudly stand for the national anthem."
• "Americans are dreamers too."
• "Let’s come together, set politics aside, and finally get the job done."
• "We all share the same home, the same heart, the same destiny, and the same great American flag."
• "In America, we know that faith and family, not government and bureaucracy, are the center of the American life. Our motto is 'In God we trust.'"
• "Americans love their country. And they deserve a Government that shows them the same love and loyalty in return."

Just what nation does Manchin represent?

I know he does not represent West Virginia. Manchin refused to applaud a line members from all 50 states applauded: "We have ended the war on American Energy -- and we have ended the war on clean coal."

Amd while West Virginia is saturated with so much OxyContin amd now heroin that we have led the nation in overdose deaths for 16 years, Manchin sat silently when President Trump said, "My Administration is committed to fighting the drug epidemic and helping get treatment for those in need. The struggle will be long and difficult -- but, as Americans always do, we will prevail."

Manchin voted against the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. His boss -- Chuck Schumer -- called the biggest tax cut in more than 30 years "crumbs."

Manchin would not even give West Virginia a few crumbs.

OK, we all get that Manchin is a Democrat and Trump a Republican.

But at some point you push aside party politics and do what is right.

Most West Virginians support Donald Trump.

Manchin does not. He supports Chuck Schumer.

Let Manchin run for senator in New York.

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The paperback edition will likely take orders this weekend.

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