Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV), a former Democrat, said he will not endorse Kamala Harris after she expressed support in ending the filibuster to codify abortion.

“Shame on her,” Manchin said, according to The Washington Times.

Per Fox News:

Harris, a former senator herself, told Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) on Tuesday, “I think we should eliminate the filibuster for Roe.”

Manchin told Fox News, “I’m not endorsing her,” stressing the importance of the legislative threshold.

“I’ve been very, very, very clear on how strongly I believe that when you go down that slippery path, you don’t just do it for one issue,” he explained.

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Manchin has devoted his last several years to protecting the filibuster, which prevents most measures from proceeding to a vote if they cannot clear a procedural hurdle with 60 votes.

Despite defecting from the Democratic Party, Manchin reportedly intended to throw his support behind her before the filibuster comments.

“I think that basically can destroy our country, and my country is more important to me than any one person or any one person’s ideology,” Manchin added, according to The Washington Times.

From The Washington Times:

Ms. Harris made her comment about ending the filibuster in an interview with Wisconsin Public Radio that aired Tuesday.

“I think we should eliminate the filibuster for Roe,” she said, “And get us to the point where 51 votes would be what we need to actually put back in law the protections for reproductive freedom and for the ability of every person and every woman to make decisions about their own body and not have their government tell them what to do.”

When he was asked about her past support of ending the filibuster, Mr. Manchin said he was hoping she would change her mind, citing as an example her purported current opposition to banning fracking despite her earlier years of opposition to the method of oil and gas exploration.

 

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