Top Joe Manchin Aide Cashes In On Corruption

"The top aide of Sen. Joe Manchin, a close ally of the fossil fuel industry, is leaving the West Virginia Democrat's office to work directly for Big Oil as a lobbyist at the American Petroleum Institute, one of the most powerful influence-peddling organizations in the United States.

Axios, which first reported the news of Lance West's departure to API on Thursday, noted that "through the on-again and off-again Build Back Better negotiations, he developed a reputation as a fierce advocate for Manchin's positions."

Manchin, the top recipient of oil and gas industry donations in Congress, ultimately succeeded in killing the Build Back Better package, which contained more ambitious climate measures than the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act, a law packed with fossil fuel giveaways that Manchin helped secure."*

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[alansmith]

American Politicians Credo: Of the Corporations, By the Corporations & For the Corporations!

[patpowers]

"Manchin is like a bad piece of meat lodged in America's windpipe." Most. Apt. Metaphor. Ever! Nice, Freancesca.

[monorail]

The extraction of these materials can cause significant environmental impacts that need to be considered.

[TheTechnoPilot]

Once again reiterates that there should be a minimum 5 year ban from working in any position in government before being able to work in a lobbying or role in which they are public or government facing, let alone a lobbiest.

[mightygazooo]

The richer some people and corporations get the greedier they become and that includes some government agencies too.
Money and greed will be the thing that brings the end of times on this world.

[kaywoolsey]

First it coal, now it's oil??? The perfect example of why we need to get rid of lobbyists, so that these politicians cannot make money off their position in government!

[BROWIEboy]

Watching it all come crumbling down. Starts at the Top...
Replace Replace

[sherylhay]

Corruption seems approved in American politics 🙄

[simbad]

What? Put corruption out of fashion? How dare you? ! 🤣

[elizabethellis]

Why be upset? Manchin and his staff have earned cushy positions after the government gravy train is over. Grifters gonna grift.

[darkdan]

The Democrat party needs walk away from Manchin...

[brucelachniet]

Millions of acres for golf course, But nothing for the homeless. George Carlin

[adolphsanchez]

We are talking about a family where the daughter was given an MBA from WVU she never earned while employed with the most immoral, unethical, and criminal drug company to ever exist (excluding Perdue Pharma and the Sacklers). While VP of the company, she orchestrated an elaborate plan with her family to purchase live saving medications her company never developed and then severely price gouged those medications, costing actual lives while giving herself a $15 million raise as her mother (Joe's wife and one of the heads of West Virginia's State Education Dept) then went from school to school telling them to buy those severely price-gouged medications. We are talking nothing less than personifications of pure, unadulterated evil. I am almost positive the family had a part in destroying my life due to my criticisms of the company and the family, but EVERYONE is going to know what they did and the types of psychopathy the family suffers. No one f***s with me without severe repercussions. PERIOD. I WILL have my life back and what Mylan monsters robbed us of.

[AlbertaGeek]

Anyone surprised? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

[janina]

What is up with the size of Manchins index fingers? Scary AF!

[undrwatropium]

Public shame is the only tool we have. Let's all be the public square they need

[ThePowerflake]

Maz is right. George Carlin said that golf is where the rich and powerful get together to divide the world up a little more finely amongst themselves.

[edwardnorton]

NAtionalize the oil industry. All those shareholders who lose their investment in oil can consider that their punsihment for partaking in the destruction of our environment

[susanpippin]

Term limits are not the answer, it just makes politicians more corruptible. We need to have a mandatory retirement age for politicians. When they hit 70 they need to go.

[lonebluestar]

There should be a cooling off period of 5 yrs or so before Congress employees can be lobbyist.