Manchin ‘couldn’t believe’ seeing Harris interview ‘in West Virginia

West Virginia Sen. Joe manchinJoseph (Joe) ManchinSunday Shows Sneak Peek: New COVID-19 Variants Have Spread In United States; Redditors rock Wall Street with action Gamestop Biden wants Democrats to keep Trump trial short Joe Manchin could show Senate a better way forward MORE (D), a decisive Senate vote, expressed frustration on Friday over an interview Vice President Harris gave to a state television station and said the White House did not have it informed in advance.

Speaking to NBC affiliate WSAZ, the centrist Democrat said the vice president’s interview was “no way to work together” and called on the White House to help find a “bipartisan path “.

“I saw [the interview], I couldn’t believe it. Nobody called me [about it]Manchin said, according to WSAZ. “We will try to find a bipartisan path, but we have to work together. It is not a way of working together.

Harris had granted the interview to lobby for the White House’s coronavirus relief proposal.

“You think one in seven families in West Virginia describe their household as hungry, one in six can’t pay their rent, and one in four small businesses are either shutting down or have already closed, so that’s a big deal. in West Virginia and across the country, ”Harris told WSAZ. “And that’s why the president and I are proposing the American bailout.”

A request for further comment from Manchin’s office was not immediately returned. The White House also did not immediately return an email regarding the senator’s comments.

Manchin is considered one of the most important votes in the divided Senate ahead of President Biden’s first 100 days in office. The West Virginia senator has expressed some reluctance about some of the provisions of the White House’s COVID-19 relief plan, seen as Biden’s first legislative push, including direct payments of $ 1,400 to Americans in the law Project. He previously backed a bill in December that called for payments of $ 600 to Americans making less than $ 75,000 a year.

Some Republican senators launched their own call on Sunday for a bipartisan compromise bill as the senator. Bill CassidyBill CassidySunday Shows Sneak Peek: New COVID-19 Variants Spread In United States; Redditors Shakes Wall Street With Gamestop Action OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Biden Signs Series of Orders to Fight Climate Change | Republicans press for fossil fuels in Granholm at confirmation hearing Republicans press for Granholm on fossil fuels at confirmation hearing READ MORE (R-La.) Said he would likely total less than half of what Democrats demanded.