Don't blame Joe Manchin for child poverty

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Don't blame Joe Manchin for child poverty

Joe Manchin was a frustrating presence for progressives in the 117th Congress, because his role was generally to be the “bad cop” who said no to things. I never really thought the level of negativity directed at Manchin made sense — if he wasn’t there, nothing at all that progressives liked would have been possible, so there was no use in being angry about him. Beyond that, though, I think Manchin’s substantive policy judgment was better than pr…