Could It Be 54-46 Soon?

The Senate has a GOP majority of 53 with the Dems and their allies holding 47 seats.  That could soon change.  Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia is scheduled to become the ranking member for the Dem minority of the Senate Energy Committee.  Manchin, whose state lives and dies with the coal industry, is a strong supporter of coal.  For the far left of the Democrat party (which is most of them) this position is both an affront to the religion of Climate Change and a direct threat to huge amounts of campaign contributions that come in via the global warming crowd.  There have been a series of public and private complaints made that Manchin should be blocked from this role on the committee.

If Schumer and the senate Dems take steps to deny Manchin this position, he may bolt the Dems and join the GOP.  Remember, West Virginia was the state with the biggest majority for Donald Trump in 2016.  Manchin just squeaked back into office in the 2016 election despite being, by far, the most popular Democrat in the state.  Manchin also was the only Democrat to vote for Justice Kavanaugh after the major smear attack launched by the Dems.  It would be quite easy for Manchin to switch parties.

I hope that this comes to pass.  I like watching the left fight against their own interests by attacking those who they deem insufficiently ideologically "pure".  It shows them for the fanatics that they truly are.