Democrats Hold The Senate – Now We Need To Apply Pressure

Friends:

As the dust settles from last week’s midterms, the Senate will continue to be controlled by corporate Democrats willing to sell their votes to the highest bidder. But these Democrats-for-hire are sensitive to media pressure — so to help us apply that pressure, become a supporting subscriber of The Lever with this massive 50% off deal right now.

Take corporate Democrat Joe Manchin. In July, Democrats’ ambitious climate agenda appeared dead in the water, because the coal baron from West Virginia refused to support it. But then Manchin’s colleagues hit him where it hurt: his ego. Consider what Democrat Chris Coons told Manchin in a private conversation:

“There are folks in our party who are saying all sorts of terrible things about you, who believe you were stringing us along for a year and that you were never going to come to a deal because of your state or because of your conflicts of interest… I can’t think of a better way for you to prove them all wrong than to sign off on a bold climate deal.”

Manchin’s response? “It would be like hitting a homer in the bottom of the ninth, wouldn’t it?”

Not long after, Manchin signed off on the largest climate-related investment in U.S. history.

So we know he’s susceptible to pressure — and we are perfectly positioned to apply it. To help us do so, become a supporting subscriber with this deal right now.

The moment you subscribe, you get massive benefits like exclusive e-books, subscriber-only weekly content, full commenting privileges, and access to special members-only podcasts and live events. More importantly, you will be helping us take the fight to Manchin’s door.

We’ve been working to hold Manchin accountable for years, from exposing him mocking minimum wage reforms at a lobbyist event, to covering the staggering health crisis in his backyard, to revealing how his pet fossil fuel pipeline bill would be a climate disaster.

And with Manchin once again in the pole position in the Senate, he will no doubt be looking to sell out his constituents for the right price — which is why we need the staff and resources to call him out.

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Rock the boat,

Sirota