Joe Manchin Puts Left Wing Reporter in His Place: ‘This is Bullsh*t, You’re Bullsh*t’

U.S. Sen Joe Manchin (D-WV) put a left wing reporter from the HuffPost in his place today by telling the reporter, “This is bullsh*t, you’re bullsh*t.”

Following the exchange, the reporter, Arthur Delaney, took to Twitter to complain about the situation.

Delaney reported on what happened to begin the situation: “I had asked if it was true he wanted (Child tax credit) out of (Build Back Better).”

“I’ve always been for child tax credits,” Manchin told Delaney.

Delaney then said, “So I asked if he wants it to continue paying parents $300 a month, and he said he was not going to ‘negotiate’ with me and that I’m bullsh*t.”

“Everyone around here is ‘for’ the child tax credit. It’s a question of whether you want it to keep paying parents as much as $300 per month,” Delaney continued.

Delaney explained, “If the advance monthly payments and extra $1,600 expire at the end of the month, there will still be a $2,000 partially refundable credit.”

“Meanwhile, the last advance child tax credit payment is going out this week,” Delaney concluded, sharing a HuffPost article on the matter.

Everyone around here is "for" the child tax credit. It's a question of whether you want it to keep paying parents as much as $300 per month.

If the advance monthly payments and extra $1,600 expire at the end of the month, there will still be a $2,000 partially refundable credit

— Arthur Delaney (@ArthurDelaneyHP) December 15, 2021

The Hill reported that some Democrats, including Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (IL) and Senate Democratic Conference Vice Chairwoman Elizabeth Warren (MA), want Schumer to schedule a vote on Build Back Better before Christmas.

Schumer, however, doesn’t seem inclined to risk the bill failing on the Senate floor because of a “no” vote from Manchin.

Democrats had been expecting Schumer to lay out the next steps for the bill at a chairmen’s lunch scheduled for this afternoon that was abruptly canceled.