Joe Manchin the ultimate spoiler

Let us all remmember the name Joe Manchin, Democratic senator from West Virginia. Not for the first time he has intervened to destroy President Biden's chances of getting planet-saving legislation through Congress. He has refused to support Biden's slimmed-down climate-change legislation which means it won't go through because the Republicans will vote against and Biden needed every Democratic senator to support him. Manchin is obsessed with the notion that Biden's attempts to get the US to help bring down global warming will be inflationary and so he won't budge. Never mind the vital importance of the US showing the way to the rest of the world to bring down carbon emissions. Never mind that the results of climate change are even now being felt everywhere, with hugely hot temperatures throughout Europe as just one example. But Manchin is focused on his personal campaign to stop anything that smells inflationary. And no one it seems can persuade him to change his mind. He must be the most obstinate Democratic senator in recent times. What is truly scary is that if the US fails to take measures to cut carbon emissions and other nations follow suit, this planet is doomed and the next generations are going to suffer climate disasters. So, remember the name Joe Manchin.