Former President Donald Trump on Aug. 5 said he would go to West Virginia to campaign against Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) if the Democrats’ $740 billion tax hike and climate change deal, the “Inflation Reduction Act,” is passed.
The remark was made at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Texas when the Senate was debating on the landmark bill before finally passing it on Aug. 7.
According to Trump, the long-sought act will backfire on Sens. Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) when they seek to secure their seats in the upcoming elections.
“What happened to Manchin and Sinema … where did this new philosophy come from,” Trump said at the event, “I think if this deal passes, they will both lose their next election, I do believe that West Virginia and Arizona will not stand for what they did to them.”…