West Virginia business leaders rally behind Manchin for opposing Biden’s Build Back Better
West Virginian business owners and stakeholders are speaking out in support of Sen. Joe Manchin’s opposition to Build Back Better and voicing their frustration over what they see as the media’s misrepresentation of their state’s best interests.
Media outlets all over the country have published articles and op-eds blasting Sen. Manchin’s decision to split from his party and vote “no” on President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda and rejecting his claim that his decision was informed by what’s best for the people he represents in West Virginia.
An article in the New Yorker quoting a West Virginia Democratic operative positioned the legislator as a member of the “political class” out of touch with the identity of his constituents. The author wrote “The senator’s blockade against programs that have helped