In a recent Zoom call hosted by the centrist group No Labels and obtained by The Intercept, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) met with numerous big donors. His intent was apparently to round up some pressure on moderate Republican senators to vote for the congressional commission to investigate the Jan. 6 putsch, because GOP obstruction is enabling the left's argument that bipartisanship is impossible.
If Republicans won't even agree to investigate a threat to their own lives, "It just really emboldens the far left," he noted, accurately. "[They say], 'I told you, how's that bipartisan working for you now, Joe?'"
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