Manchin is bought and paid for by Koch Industries - he's not going to change...Pres Biden should stop pandering to him and move on to what can get done and what cannot get done.
Republicans at the state level are not passing these state laws on a bipartisan basis. Their actions are inspired by Trump's malicious lies about the 2020 election. And the new laws are being enacted with no Democratic support.
Manchin needs to wake up and see what is going on. Why is it only red states that are passing this legislation?
And that is what makes his position so outrageous. He wants Bipartisanship at the federal level which will never happen so he'll sit on his hands while Democrats in red states get screwed.
The only thing NC has going for it is we reelected a Democrat as governor and now he has the veto. We eliminated the GOP super majority to override the veto.
Unless you live in a red state and are a Democrat you have no idea of the screw job in the works.