Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) says he is opposed to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) proposal to change Senate rules in order to pass legislation that would federalize elections, striking another blow to Democratic aspirations to overrule tightened election measures in state houses across the nation. In a statement released to his Twitter on Monday, Schumer attempted to tie GOP opposition to federal election bills to the Jan. 6 “domestic extremists” who, Schumer contended, tried to “destroy our Republic.” “Domestic violent extremists sought to inflict chaos and violence. Fueled by conspiracy and the ravings of a vengeful former President, they sought to destroy our Republic,” Schumer told his Senate Democratic colleagues in a Jan. 3 Dear Colleague letter. Hoping to bypass the opposition of all 50 GOP senators to the bill, Schumer proposed that Democrats should use the “nuclear option,” which in U.S. legislative parlance describes a pathway to change …