Manchin Ups The Ante In Feud With Biden Admin, Threatens To Repeal Inflation Reduction Act

Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) is not backing down in his fight with the Biden administration over the Inflation Reduction Act. In fact, he’s upping the ante. In a recent interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News, Manchin complained that the administration and Democrats had neglected their commitments to develop new oil and gas projects he secured in exchange for his vote on the $740 billion Inflation Reduction Act. And he’s not taking it lying down. If the administration continues to neglect American energy security, Manchin threatened to vote to repeal the act he helped to pass.

“They broke their word to the American public,” Manchin told Hannity. And he’s not wrong. The original draft of the bill he wrote would have cost $684 billion over 10 years, and $384 billion was for energy production. Manchin stressed that the United States has the natural resources to become energy independent. “We have the gas, and we have the oil, and we have the coal,” he said. “We can do it better and cleaner than anywhere in the world. And so, this piece of legislation was balanced. [In the next] 10 years, we are going to have enough fossil [fuel] to run our country and to help our allies around the world, and we will also be investing in new technology for the future. Now, they have disregarded this completely, what was agreed upon, and they know exactly what we agreed upon. This was energy security, and we have not heard a word about energy security out of their mouths since it was passed. It’s all about environment.”

Manchin concluded by saying that if the administration continues to neglect energy production, he will do everything in his power to stop the administration from implementing the law, even if it means voting to repeal the bill he cast the deciding vote for. “If this administration does not honor what they said they would do and continue to liberalize that — $384 billion is what we are supposed to invest in over 10 years, and they blow that out of the water and its six or seven or eight hundred — I will do everything in my power to prevent that from happening,” he said. “And if they don’t change, then I would vote to repeal my own bill.”

Manchin’s recent criticism comes as West Virginia Governor Jim Justice announced a run for Senate to oppose him. Justice joins Rep. Alex Mooney in the primary to oust Manchin, who narrowly avoided defeat in 2018. It’s clear that Manchin is not going down without a fight, and it will be interesting to see how this all plays out. Stay up to date with the latest news by downloading the Daily Wire app today!

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