Manchin not endorsing Harris after she calls for abortion filibuster carve-out: ‘Shame on her’

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Vice President Kamala Harris‘s vow to create a carve-out for the filibuster to pass abortion legislation has cost her support from Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV).

Manchin, a centrist senator who has fought to maintain the filibuster, had indicated supporting Harris’s bid for president after he left the Democratic Party earlier this year, but he said Tuesday that removing the filibuster would be a mistake.

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