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Sen. Joe Manchin (DW.Va.) tsis tau txiav txim siab ua raws li Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) cov kauj ruam thiab hloov nws txoj kev koom tes los ntawm Democrat mus rau Independent thaum nug los ntawm CNN Hnub Monday yog tias nws tab tom xav txog qhov kev txav mus los - txawm tias muaj kev tsis ntseeg nws yuav tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam los ntawm tog nws tsev neeg nom tswv tau koom nrog ntau dua ib puas xyoo.
Sen. Joe Manchin (DW.Va.) (Duab los ntawm Sarah Silbiger rau Washington Post ntawm Getty Images)
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Cov Lus Tseem Ceeb
Manchin, hais thawj zaug txog Sinema qhov kev hloov pauv lub lim tiam dhau los, hais tias "Kuv tsis tuaj yeem qhia koj tias yav tom ntej yuav coj li cas," ntxiv "Kuv tsis yog Washington Democrat. . . thiab yog tias Washington Independent yog - peb yuav pom tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim nyob ntawd," hauv kev xam phaj nrog CNN ntawm Capitol Hill hnub Monday.
Manchin, feem ntau hu ua "Tus Vaj Ntxwv ntawm Senate" vim nws lub hwj chim loj tshaj plaws uas yog tus neeg saib xyuas kev ywj pheej tshaj plaws uas tuaj yeem cuam tshuam cov txiaj ntsig los ntawm kev pov npav nrog Republicans, tau hais tawm nws cov lus nrog qhov tsis lees paub: "Kuv tsis muaj lub siab xav ua dab tsi tam sim no. ”
Cov lus hais ua raws li yav dhau los New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) qhov kev kwv yees tias Manchin yuav "yeej tsis" los ua Republican, nws tau hais rau hnub Sunday ntawm ABC's "Lub Limtiam," ceeb toom Manchin tsev neeg keeb kwm ntev hauv kev ywj pheej hauv West Virginia.
Tus Keeb Kwm Tseem Ceeb
Sinema tshaj tawm rau hnub Friday nws yuav hloov nws txoj kev koom nrog tog, pov nws raws li kev tsis lees paub ntawm tog nom tswv thiab kev vam meej. Ntau tus Democrats tau tshem tawm qhov kev txav mus los ua qhov tsis zoo rau Democrats qhov sawv hauv Senate. Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mt.) tau hais rau hnub Sunday ntawm NBC's "Meet the Press." "Kuv xav tias peb yuav txuas ntxiv ua ib yam peb tau ua." Senate Feem Ntau Tus Thawj Coj Chuck Schumer (DN.Y.) kuj tau hais tias qhov hloov pauv yuav tsis hloov lub zog muaj zog hauv Senate, qhov twg Democrats yuav tuav feem ntau ntawm Republicans nyob rau lub Ib Hlis rau ob xyoos tom ntej. Schumer tau hais tias nws tau pom zoo tso cai rau Sinema tuav nws pawg neeg ua haujlwm, qhia tias nws yuav txuas ntxiv mus koom nrog Democrats. Sinema, yav dhau los tus tswv cuab hauv tsev thiab Arizona tus neeg tsim cai lij choj hauv xeev tau raug xaiv los ntawm Senate hauv 2018, muaj cov ntaub ntawv pov npav thib ob ntawm cov neeg pov npav xaiv tsa, tom qab Manchin, raws li Vote Saib. Nws tau pov npav nrog nws thiab Republicans ua ntej lub xyoo no tawm tsam qhov kev hloov pauv rau filibuster txoj cai, txwv tsis pub cov cai pov npav xaiv tsa tsis dhau.
Contra
Tsis zoo li Sinema, uas yog Green Party activist ua ntej los ua Democrat hauv 2004, Manchin muaj keeb kwm keeb kwm hauv Democratic Party. Nws tau raug xaiv los ntawm West Virginia Legislature nyob rau xyoo 1980 thiab tom qab ntawd yog tus tuav ntaub ntawv hauv xeev lub chaw ua haujlwm, thiab tau ua tus tswv xeev los ntawm 2005-2010, ua ntej yeej kev xaiv tsa tshwj xeeb los hloov Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd thaum nws tuag. Manchin tus txiv ntxawm, A. James Machin, yog tus tuav ntaub ntawv ntawm lub xeev thiab tus tuav nyiaj txiag, nws tus npawg Mark tau ua haujlwm nrog nws hauv Pawg Neeg Saib Xyuas Kev Cai lij choj thiab nws txiv tau ua tus kav nroog, tub ceev xwm tus thawj coj thiab tua hluav taws ntawm Farmington, W.Va. Hauv lwm qhov sib piv ntawm Sinema, Manchin tuaj yeem muaj peev xwm pov npav nrog Republicans yam tsis tau tso tseg cov neeg xaiv tsa hauv West Virginia, uas tau hloov ntawm xiav mus rau liab liab nyob rau peb lub xyoos dhau los. Hauv Arizona, lub sijhawm no, cov neeg pov npav xaiv tsa Democrats tshaj Republicans hauv ntau lub sijhawm sib tw nruj, txawm hais tias lub xeev lub koob npe nrov dhau los ua qhov chaw saib xyuas. Thiab Sinema feem ntau kos cov npau taws ntawm tog. Lub xeev Democratic Party tau liam sim Sinema ua ntej lub xyoo no rau kev pov npav tawm tsam kev hloov pauv txoj cai filibuster. Cov neeg pov npav kuj tau qhia tsis txaus siab rau Sinema – raws li Suffolk University / Arizona koom pheej xaiv tsa Thaum lub Cuaj Hlis, 49% ntawm cov neeg pov npav ywj pheej muaj kev xav tsis zoo ntawm nws.
Txaus Ntshai Qhov Tseeb
Manchin tau xaiv los txiav txim siab hloov mus rau GOP hauv 2021, thaum twg niam Jones tau tshaj tawm tias nws tab tom ntsuas qhov kev txav mus los yog Thawj Tswj Hwm Joe Biden tsis txiav qhov loj ntawm daim nqi siv nyiaj hauv zej zog hauv ib nrab. Manchin tsis lees paub cov lus xaiv li "bulls-t."
Dab Tsi Los Saib
Sinema qhov kev tsis lees paub tuaj yeem txhawb nqa kev nce qib kom muaj kev sib tw rau nws lub rooj zaum Senate hauv 2024, qhov kev txav mus los ntau qhov kev ntseeg siab tuaj yeem ua rau Republican yeej lub rooj zaum los ntawm kev faib cov Democratic pov npav. Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), uas tau hais tias Sinema tau "muab qhov txiaj ntsig ntawm Arizona," hauv kev teb rau nws qhov kev tshem tawm, yog qhov hnyav rau Sinema hauv 2024. Nws hais rau hnub Monday ntawm NBC's Sawv ntxov Joe nws yuav tshaj tawm nws qhov kev txiav txim siab tom qab Christmas.
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Arizona Sen. Sinema tawm ntawm Democratic Party, dhau los ua ib qho kev ywj pheej (Forbes)
Sinema hloov mus rau kev ywj pheej, tuav lub Senate (Ua kasmoos)
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2022/12/12/manchin-leaves-open-possibility-of-leaving-democratic-party-and-becoming-independent-after-sinemas-defection/