In a pathetic attempt to slam Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin for refusing to bow down to the left’s supreme leader, Joe Biden’s, will. Using the political activist Rev. William Barber to slam the politician, spiritually. I guess to a liberal, disagreeing is a sin, but why this guy? Could they not afford liberal blowhard Reverand for-profit Al Sharpton? Was Rev. Jesse Jackson busy?
Barber called for a “season of nonviolent, civil disobedience and direct action.” Urging more activists to start fighting to defend Biden’s power grab:
“If you’re on the side of the Republicans who continually support a filibuster, then you’re not on the side of a constitution,” the civil rights activist told MSNBC’s Ali Velshi. “That’s why last week was the beginning. People are calling from all over the country to recognize we need not just rallies but a season of nonviolent, civil disobedience and direct action because that’s how these voting rights act and other things were won, and that’s the only way we’re going to keep it and expand it.”
Barber called on McConnell and Manchin, both of whom he said represent “poor states,” to stand up in defense of “the fundamental principles of this democracy.”
“Manchin is in a poor state. McConnell is in a poor state. … They are trying to keep the infrastructure reaching to the bottom and coming up. Think about the voting compromise he wanted. He wants to take out the provisions that address dark money, money having more power than the people.”
Barber said the debate is “not a moral issue; this is a constitutional issue.”
“All of us have to stand up because this is a battle for the fundamental principles of this democracy. Poor people, they don’t need anything else. They need a living wage and the power to vote. They need a living wage to live and stand against the powers of money that want to control this economy and control this country. If you take those two things away from poor, low-wealth people, you don’t have a democracy anymore. That’s why we’re fighting.”
Barber then tried to address Manchin directly in efforts to use his title as a religious leader to intimidate the politician:
“Which side are you on, Joe Manchin? …The constitutional side, the moral side or the other side?”
He added, “Since it’s Sunday and I’m a preacher, are you on the side of sin?”
It is my personal opinion that politically motivated members of the church cant be taken seriously in terms of spiritual advisement. To me, Barber’s words hold as much weight as a bag of hot air.