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Martin Pengelly in New York

Democratic senator Joe Manchin cuts ad for West Virginia Republican

Joe Manchin questions the attorney general, Merrick Garland, in a Senate hearing, 26 April.
Joe Manchin questions the attorney general, Merrick Garland, in a Senate hearing, 26 April. Photograph: Greg Nash/AFP/Getty Images

Joe Manchin has recorded an ad for a Republican in a West Virginia US House election, in which the Democratic senator trumpets his opposition to Joe Biden’s Build Back Better domestic spending plan.

“David McKinley has always opposed reckless spending because it doesn’t make sense for West Virginia,” Manchin said.

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