WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Friday criticized Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia for voting guilty on two articles of impeachment, aiming to weaken the senator’s political standing in a state Trump carried by a whopping 42 percentage points in 2016. Trump asserted in a subsequent tweet that Manchin was “just a puppet“ for the Democratic leaders in the House and Senate. In West Virginia, the Republican leader of the state Senate said “there’s just a general sense of shock“ after Manchin’s vote. YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN...“You cannot walk this back,” said Senate President Mitch Carmichael. YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN...Republicans have gained the upper hand in West Virginia in recent decades.

Source: thestar February 07, 2020 23:21 UTC