Manchin Calls White House Stand to Not Negotiate With Republicans on Debt Ceiling a ‘Mistake’

Manchin Calls White House Stand to Not Negotiate With Republicans on Debt Ceiling a ‘Mistake’
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) speaks in a hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington on July 19, 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
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Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia said on Sunday that it’s a “mistake” that the White House won’t negotiate with Republicans on the debt ceiling limit.
The senator made his comments on CNN’S Sunday “State of the Union” program when Dana Bash, the show’s host, asked his opinion regarding the recent White House statement that Congress pass a “clean debt ceiling increase” with “no negotiations with Republicans at all.”