Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said he will not support President Joe Biden’s judicial picks who don’t have any Republican support.
Manchin, who’s not seeking reelection this fall and will retire from the Senate, spoke to Politico after voting against several judicial picks this week.
“Just one Republican. That’s all I’m asking for. Give me something bipartisan. This is my own little filibuster,” Manchin said. “If they can’t get one Republican, I vote for none. I’ve told [Democrats] that. I said, ‘I’m sick and tired of it, I can’t take it anymore.'”
Manchin expressed a similar sentiment to CNN when asked about Adeel Mangi, Biden’s nominee for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, who would be the first Muslin-American on a federal appeals court.
“I’m going to be very honest with everybody, if my Democratic colleagues and friends can’t get one Republican vote, don’t count on me. You can’t make it bipartisan, don’t count on me,” Manchin said.
“I’m not leaving this place unless I can practice what I preach and I’m preaching, basically bipartisanship. This is my little way of doing it.”
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