Manchin Is Unmoved On The Voting Rights Bill After He Met With Civil Rights Groups

Sen. Joe Manchin praised a Tuesday morning meeting with civil rights leaders, calling it “constructive” and “informative,” but maintained his opposition to a sweeping set of election overhaul measures known as the For the People Act.

“I don’t think anybody changed positions on that. We’re just learning where everybody’s coming from,” the West Virginia Democrat told Capitol Hill reporters after the meeting, which included the heads of the National Urban League, the NAACP, the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and others.

The meeting came two days after Manchin announced in an op-ed for the Charleston Gazette-Mail that he wouldn’t support the elections reform and voting rights bill, citing a lack of bipartisanship.