The latest antics from Sen. Joe Manchin, going on Fox News to stab President Joe Biden and the whole of the Democratic House and Senate in the back, further complicates an already hairy legislative push before the 2022 midterms. Frankly, by announcing he will singlehandedly torpedo the Build Back Better plan, Manchin is making Democrats’ prospects in that election even bleaker. That’s one reason the White House blistered Manchin in a statement Sunday, a statement explicitly approved by Biden. “While staff drafted language addressing Manchin's specific concerns—on inflation, climate provisions and how the plan was paid for—Biden specifically instructed them to add that if Manchin stood by his comments, he had violated his word to the President,” CNN reports. It’s not just Biden, though. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called Manchin out in a “dear colleague” letter sent to fellow senators, acknowledging the “deep discontent and frustration” already existing among Senate Democrats that was heightened by “the decision to delay floor consideration of the Build Back Better Act because Senator Manchin could not come to an agreement with the president.” That’s as close to a rebuke of a single senator you’re going to see from a leader. Others have been a lot more sharp. Read more