givesomefucks , 6 months ago

Byrd largely turned around though…

Hell, 34 years ago he was more progressive than Biden:

In early 1990, Byrd proposed an amendment granting special aid to coal miners who would lose their jobs in the event that Congress passed clean air legislation. Byrd was initially confident in the number of votes he needed to secure its passage being made available but this was prevented by a vote from Democrat Joe Biden who said the measure’s passage would mean an assured veto by President Bush

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Byrd#George_H.

Now Manchin is holding up the party on addressing climate change.

And the Dem the Republican took over from was against the Iraq war, for healthcare reform, and endorsed Obama during the 08 primary.

Manchin is more conservative that the last two WV Senators before him, and they were elected in the 50s.

Manchin is a backslide