Well, well, well, it looks like Joe Manchin has finally found a conscience — or at least enough cover to allow him to vote for a climate bill while plausibly denying that he’s doing it to protect the planet. After tanking President Biden’s sprawling Build Back Better bill to address the climate crisis and spending weeks blocking a new effort to reduce emissions, the Democratic senator from West Virginia and coal baron says that he will lend his “aye” vote to the biggest climate spending package in the country’s history.
Just please, for the love of god, don’t call it that.
