Manchin Joins GOP to Fight Private Sector Vaccine Mandate

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va) speaks during a hearing before Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee of Senate Appropriations Committee at Dirksen Senate Office Building, on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 10, 2021. Alex Wong/Pool via Reuters

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) has come out against President Joe Biden’s unprecedented private sector vaccine mandate, joining Republicans in officially cosponsoring a bill that would overturn the rule.

Manchin indicated that he was considering just such a move early Thursday afternoon.