Senator Joe Manchin
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And we agreed on some things.
Oh, no, that was organized.
They were paid, Shamath, because a lot of my friends who live on the down at the river on the Potomac River with me on the boat.
They played like, how can I get a job with you?
How can I do this if I want to protest?
They said, oh, just sign up, you get $15 an hour.
I couldn't believe it.
I couldn't believe it.
They're telling me that.
Like, oh, no, Ron, I'm going to be honest with you.
Ron Klain.
OK, smart guy, good guy and everything.
But he'd gone so far to the left and he pushed Joe left because I kept telling him when I first went over to the White House, I said, Mr. President, I said, you have the most liberal staff that I've ever seen.
First time I went over and he said, well, Joe, they tell me I have the most diversified staff.
I said, we're not talking about diversity, sir.
We're talking about batshit crazy.
We're talking about people I've known, I've worked with in the hallway forever.
And I know where they came and where they worked before.
These are people real far left.
And Ron put that team together.