Inflation ‘Not Transitory’ and ‘Getting Worse’: Sen. Manchin

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

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.), a moderate who has broken with his party over a slew of issues, took to Twitter on Wednesday to warn that unprecedented inflation is not “transitory” as his party insists, but is only “getting worse.”

Currently, inflation of the U.S. dollar is at its highest level since 1990. According to the Labor Department’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), inflation jumped by 0.9 percent in October alone, more than doubling September’s 0.4 percent increase.