Sen. Manchin Sounds Inflation Alarm, Says DC Can’t Ignore the ‘Economic Pain’
Moderate Sen. Joe Manchin slammed President Biden on Wednesday for claiming the recent spike in prices on everyday goods is “transitory,” saying Washington can “no longer ignore” the impact inflation is having on Americans.
And the West Virginia Democrat — a key vote for Biden, who needs all 50 of his party’s senators to support his $1.75 trillion social spending bill — argued that the threat is “real” and “getting worse.”
“By all accounts, the threat posed by record inflation to the American people is not ‘transitory’ and is instead getting worse,” Manchin tweeted, signaling he may call for additional changes in the bill. “From the grocery store to the gas pump, Americans know the inflation tax is real and DC can no longer ignore the economic pain Americans feel every day.”
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