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At least one-half of last year’s Washington power couple — Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) — has taken to holding hostage the other Joe’s climate plans and promises.
Sen. Joe Manchin will again be the great influencer of the climate-related policies and programs that President Joe Biden can put it place before the 2024 elections. Manchin is in a tough reelection and he may have another office in mind--spoiler alert!
Patrick morissey joins me now. what are the specific goals you're going after with these lawsuits? >> a couple of things. thank you for having us on. in west virginia we have been ground zero in epidemic. my office has tried to have a comprehensive plan going after the supply side, demand side and engaging in education. filing lawsuits is important when we believe there's been active misrepresentations on the part of companies who have been involved in the opioid epidemic. that's ha these lawsuits are all about. through the work we have done over the last few years we have seen there was a cam...
I'm not a typical politician. that makes it hard for jenkins. if there's a net loser tonight, it's morissey. he needed blankenship to go down. he didn't get that tonight. he was focused on jenkins, but he really should have been focused on blankenship. >> can we take a look at the power rankings map? can you walk us through what's at stake? >> we've got chose seven states that you see right there. and that's where this battle comes down to. the republicans have one seat advantage in the senate. and of those senate seats are four of these very vulnerable red-state democrats. that is joe mansion...
Us possibly about how these guys could survive? >> well, there was a time he was extraordinarily popular. that's why republicans are so optimistic that this is the year that joe mansion can't run out the clock. the amount of anger, the amount of real hostility that you saw between evan jenkins and patrick morissey tonight was uncomfortable. that gave blankenship the