It's been hard to tell lately that Harry Reid and Joe Manchin even belong to the same party. When Reid attacked Donald Trump after the election, Manchin called his own party leader an "absolute embarrassment"; Reid fired back that Manchin was just "running for a Cabinet spot" in Trump's White House.
Then there's Chuck Schumer. He not only tapped Manchin to join his leadership team, but also backed the West Virginian's gambit that threatened a government shutdown over coal miners' benefits — a showdown that Reid declined to endorse in his final days as party leader.
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