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this post was submitted on 26 Mar 2026
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You pull all of his committee assignments and neuter his value to lobbyists. If all he has is his vote on the legislation that hits the floor, he can't do much and it will hurt him both financially and politically, because if you don't have value to lobbyists they won't send you "gifts".
You attack him personally and threaten his business or personal connections. For example, if Dems wanted to pull Manchin in line, for example, they could have sent the DoJ after his daughter for price gouging consumers on pharmaceuticals.
And yes, while it doesn't matter now, you make sure he knows he'll be primaried out and smeared like yesterday's dog shit. Character assassination is effective and could bring someone in line, especially when they're enthusiastically supporting genocide and Israel's popularity is in the shitter.
That's how.
They've never been powerless. They're just complicit.