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The Democrats haven’t passed President Biden’s Build Back Better plan – but West Virginia has been seeing a boost in at least one sector of the state’s economy, thanks to efforts by all sides to influence U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin.
Media outlets in the Mountain State have benefited from ad buys totaling $10 million between September and the end of last year, from both Republicans and Democrats, according to the Charleston Gazette-Mail.
More ad money is being spent on other platforms, the report added.
Manchin, a moderate Democrat, has enjoyed an outsized influence in the Senate since Biden took office, with the Democrats holding a razor-thin 50-50 majority (including two independents who caucus with Democrats and Vice President Kamala Harris as a tie-breaker).
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Manchin and fellow moderate Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., have effectively sunk several progressive bills like the Democrats’ voting rights bill and the social spending Build Back Better bill by refusing to go around the filibuster’s 60-vote threshold.
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks at a news conference outside his office on Capitol Hill on Oct. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
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Consequently, Manchin is often the brunt of Democratic frustration as Biden’s agenda stalls in Congress while he is lauded by Republicans.
In late November, six House Democrats up for re-election and seven Democrats seeking U.S. Senate seats ran negative attack ads on Manchin in his home state, according to the Gazette-Mail.
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Just over a dozen Democrats have also run more than 700 ads targeting Manchin on Facebook and Instagram, according to Newsweek.
“Folks, I’m P—ED!” Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio said in an ad on social media, according to Newsweek. “Joe Manchin just said he can’t support the…
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