Mitch McConnell shuts down hope of Republican support for Joe Manchin's voting rights compromise

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Mitch McConnell shuts down hope of Republican support for Joe Manchin's voting rights compromise

June 17, 2021

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) made it clear on Thursday that he does not support Sen. Joe Manchin's (D-W.Va.) Stacey Abrams-backed revisions to the For The People Act, claiming Manchin's substitute "still retains S.1's rotten core."

"In reality," McConnell said, "the plan endorsed by Stacey Abrams is no compromise," and still maintains an "assault" on the idea that states, rather than the federal government, should run their own elections.

McConnell rips Manchin’s proposed “compromise” on voting:“Senate Democrats seem to have reached a so-called ‘compromise’ election takeover among themselves. In reality, the plan endorsed by Stacey Abrams is no compromise.”
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) June 17, 2021

McConnell pours cold water on Manchin/Abrams S1: "In reality, the plan endorsed by Stacey Abrams is no compromise...And it still retains S. 1’s rotten core: an assault on the fundamental idea that states, not the federal government, should decide how to run their own elections.”
— Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) June 17, 2021

The Kentucky senator even went so far as to assert "all Republicans" will oppose Manchin's proposal, a big issue seeing as it would need at least 10 GOP votes to pass in the Senate, writes Politico.

Here's Blunt's quoteWhen “Stacey Abrams immediately endorsed Sen. Manchin’s proposal, it became the Stacey Abrams substitute, not the Joe Manchin substitute.”*-early tweet misspelled Stacey, apologies
— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) June 17, 2021

Manchin has repeatedly emphasized his opposition to "sweeping" voter reform, but shared on Wednesday changes he would support, including expanded early voting and a ban on partisan gerrymandering. Abrams' recent backing is expected to galvanize support from Manchin's fellow Democrats, but, unless the West Virginia senator makes good on what could be movement toward filibuster reform, that still might not be enough.