Former Democrat Senator Joe Manchin has nothing good to say about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s scathing anti-Charlie Kirk rant.
The ex-lawmaker joined CNN to discuss the current state of political discourse following the shocking assassination of the young conservative political activist, scorching the entire Democrat Party in the process.
Watch:
Former Democrat Senator Joe Manchin TORCHES AOC over her vile rhetoric about Charlie Kirk during a vote to condemn his assassination:
“If that’s the way the Democrat Party is going, it’s getting worse, not better.” pic.twitter.com/D7W18ohKlN
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) September 19, 2025
“[AOC] does say that ‘we should be clear about who Charlie Kirk was. A man who believed that the Civil Rights Act that granted black Americans the right to vote was a mistake.’ She goes on to name some of the other things he believes in. What’s your reaction to her vote and her statement afterward?” host Kasie Hunt asked.
“First of all, I just saw a little while ago and I was stunned, Kasie, I really was. This is not the place or the time for that at all,” Manchin responded. “If Democrats, if AOC and the far left, the extreme left I’m going to say, believe that’s where the Democratic Party is today, then that’ll tell you why you lost people like me.”
“And let me tell you what you’ve lost since the last election. They’ve been doing their national tour and thinking, ‘Boy, that’s something. We’re really getting into something.’ The Democratic Party has lost more than 160,000 Democrats that have basically left the party since the last election. So if that’s the way the Democratic Party’s going, it’s getting worse, not better.”
X users agree that Manchin has a point:
It’s way more than that. They can’t even get revenue from fundraising. It’s incredible the dumpster fire they have created.
— HFMusicMedia (@HFMusicMedia) September 20, 2025
It’s almost like we could have predicted this based on how they acted in the first few hours. We all knew the “both sides” wasn’t genuine from the get go.
— Chris Palmer (@ChristheAV8R) September 20, 2025
Thank you. I could not watch her, it was hateful, disrespectful and despicable. That is what AOC represents. Frightening.
— Kelly (@KellyWillo88571) September 20, 2025
The nation is seeing the Democrats for who they are.
They are a nightmare.
— Thomasina (@ujustwatch) September 20, 2025
The worst part is it’s all based on lies. All someone has to do is research some of Charlie’s videos, & every one of AOC’s claims will be confirmed as a lie. She is a Marxist through & through.
— Atlas Einstein (@AtlasEinstein) September 20, 2025
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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