“The View” host Whoopi Goldberg flew into a rage on Wednesday over Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV) after he refused to endorse the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris.
Harris, who became the nominee by default when the party forced President Joe Biden to exit the race in late July, declared her support to end the filibuster in order to pass legislation enshrining abortion access into federal law — and for Manchin, that was a bridge too far.
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Whoopi Goldberg RAGES at Joe Manchin for refusing to endorse Kamala Harris over her support to ax the filibuster:
“Well, we ain’t endorsing you! How about that?!” pic.twitter.com/4DJXWsYgzi— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) September 25, 2024
Goldberg began the show with a clip of Manchin saying of Harris, “Shame on her. She knows the filibuster is the Holy Grail of democracy.”
When pressed by a reporter on whether he would still stand by her in the 2024 presidential contest, he nixed that possibility immediately: “I’m not endorsing her, never.”
“Well, we ain’t endorsing you, how about that,” Goldberg snapped. “He’s gone — he’s gone a whole other way,” she complained.
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Manchin was not the only one to criticize Harris’ plans to axe the filibuster, either. Independent Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema also warned that it would be an unwise course of action — in part because of the door that would open for Republicans if Democrats pressed the issue.
Noting that a move to a 50+1 majority would also give Republicans the ability to pass legislation by that margin — even the nationwide abortion ban that Democrats have repeatedly claimed would come if Trump were reelected. Trump has also repeatedly said that he would not push an abortion ban, arguing that regulation of abortion was and should be in the hands of the states.
“To state the supremely obvious, eliminating the filibuster to codify Roe v Wade also enables a future Congress to ban all abortion nationwide. What an absolutely terrible, shortsighted idea,” she said.
To state the supremely obvious, eliminating the filibuster to codify Roe v Wade also enables a future Congress to ban all abortion nationwide.
What an absolutely terrible, shortsighted idea. https://t.co/ldzTB9BkV7
— Kyrsten Sinema (@kyrstensinema) September 24, 2024
