Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) raised the ire of some of his fellow Democrats when he appeared in a political ad for Congressman David McKinley (R-WV) and touted his own role in blocking President Joe Biden&#8217;s signature domestic agenda item, Build Back Better.
McKinley is set to face off with Congressman Alex Mooney (R-WV) after a new congressional map placed them both in the same district. Former President Donald Trump <a href="https://wvmetronews.com/2021/11/15/trump-backs-mooney-in-face-off-against-current-colleague-mckinley/">waded into the primary</a> last November, backing Mooney after McKinley voted in favor of the bipartisan infrastructure package.
Trump also pointed out the fact that Mooney had voted against the January 6th commission — McKinley was one of the 35 House Republicans who <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/poll-more-americans-want-black-lives-matter-riots-investigated-than-january-6-riot/">voted in favor</a> of investigating the Capitol riot — although he opposed the select committee.
Manchin entered the fray on Saturday with a video ad for McKinley.
&#8220;lol Joe Manchin brags about sinking Build Back Better in an ad he just cut for a Republican candidate for Congress,&#8221; reporter Jordan Zakarin tweeted along with video of the ad. &#8220;Democrats were never going to get this guy on board for any part of their agenda.&#8221;
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lol Joe Manchin brags about sinking Build Back Better in an ad he just cut for a Republican candidate for Congress. 
Democrats were never going to get this guy on board for any part of their agenda. <a href="https://t.co/0ILc2pScCu">pic.twitter.com/0ILc2pScCu</a>
&mdash; Jordan Zakarin (@jordanzakarin) <a href="https://twitter.com/jordanzakarin/status/1520773885544878081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2022</a></blockquote>
&#8220;I&#8217;ve always said if I can&#8217;t go home and explain it, I can&#8217;t vote for it,&#8221; Manchin said in the ad. &#8220;And that&#8217;s why I opposed Build Back Better. For Alex Mooney and his out-of-state supporters to suggest David McKinley supported Build Back Better is an outright lie.&#8221;
&#8220;David McKinley has always opposed reckless spending because it doesn&#8217;t make sense for West Virginia,&#8221; Manchin continued. &#8220;Alex Mooney had proven he&#8217;s all about Alex Mooney, but West Virginians know that David McKinley is all about us.&#8221;
Communications strategist Sawyer Hackett used the ad to argue that President Joe Biden should take <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/report-bidens-executive-actions-to-occur-thematically-in-first-ten-days">executive action</a> to go around Manchin, <a href="https://twitter.com/SawyerHackett/status/1520810501143502849">saying</a>, &#8220;Joe Manchin bragging about killing the president’s agenda in an ad for a Republican. If this is where he is, Joe Biden has nothing to lose from legislating by executive action.&#8221;
CNN congressional reporter Manu Raju noted that the ad might not just be about saving McKinley&#8217;s seat, pointing out the fact that Mooney could possibly go on to challenge Manchin for his Senate seat in 2024.
&#8220;Manchin inserts himself into a GOP v. GOP House primary and cuts an ad for David McKinley who is facing Trump-backed Alex Mooney. Trump has gone after Rs like McKinley for backing infrastructure bill. Mooney is seen as a possible ‘24 challenger to Manchin,&#8221; he tweeted.
&#8220;At the end of the day, if Joe Manchin can cut ads for Republicans and spit in Joe Biden&#8217;s face without consequence, and Democrats will *still* handle Manchin with kid gloves, that&#8217;s a deeper problem within the party,&#8221; Democratic strategist Max Burns <a href="https://twitter.com/themaxburns/status/1520811255459729411">added</a>.

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