Too Late Reminder: Joe Manchin is a Democrat

Joe Manchin was always going to screw his constituents in West Virginia and ordinary Americans across the rest of the country at the end of the day. He is, after all, a Democrat, and this is what Democrats do.

The New York Post nailed that reality on Monday:

Lew Oliphant @mrxeriscape

In the end, @Sen_JoeManchin was always going to screw hard working, tax paying US citizens. He's a Democrat. "The energy & health care deal from Sens. Manchin & Schumer would raise taxes on millions of Americans earning less than $400,000 annually."

nypost.comSchumer-Manchin deal raises taxes on earners under $400K, study showsDuring the 10-year window, the average tax rate would go up for most income categories, the Senate GOP said.

Y’all remember when Democrats - not just Joe Biden, but pretty much every Democrat running for office - told us during the 2020 campaign that they would never, never, never, ever raise taxes on anyone making less than $400,000 per year? Yeah, you knew that was a lie at the time, but your Democrat friends were all too dim to get it, right?

Right.

On Monday, the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation published a report detailing just how smelly a lie that really was, specifically as it relates to the tax increase-filled “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022” sponsored by Manchin and his pal, Chuck Schumer.