McCarthy: Joe Manchin has been an 'honest' broker while his party 'overplayed their hand'
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West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin has been an honest broker in his negotiations with both the Biden and Trump administrations, while in "Build Back Better" negotiations as of late, his party leadership has "overplayed its hand," House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told 'Fox News Primetime' Monday.
"It was surprising but if you listen to Joe Manchin, one thing about him, he has been exactly and consistently honest all the way through: He said he would and even signed an agreement he would not go higher than the $1.8 trillion," he said.
"And now [The House] has voted for 87,000 IRS agents to spy on you – They voted to open the border and make people legal citizens when they came here illegally. They voted to take away work requirements [for handouts]. This is a very bad vote. But Joe Manchin kept his word. Now, I didn’t think it would happen," McCarthy continued.
"I thought the odds were that they [Democrats] would get something through. This is a real defeat all around, and they overplayed their hand."
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