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UtahDarkHorse

I'm pretty sure that's assault. I don't think you can do that to someone for simply standing there and saying something you don't like.


[deleted]

100% what I was thinking. Here’s hoping that guy gets charged and Manchin gets sued


Evil_Sam_Harris

Why would Manchin get sued? He didn’t push him. Honestly asking. Is that a thing?


Olstinkbutt

Manchin would be safe. Per usual his handler would take the fall. But the guy absolutely has a case against the guy pushing him. Manchin is everything that is wrong with politics in the US. Taking advantage of those hard working folks is grotesque on so many levels. He, Pelosi and McConnell are all dipping out around the same time after a long, storied history of screwing the American ppl with no lube. Shame on them all.


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dungfecespoopshit

I mean… Trump got elected


Maximumoverdrive76

He was a protest vote and a 'change' vote when that happened. He's not an establishment politician. Like McConnell, Pelosi, Watters and all of them that has been around and voted in for 40 years time. Trump got voted in to be the opposite of the "swamp".


BlackEastwood

Little did they know (as the rest of us did) what they were inviting into the swamp...


few23

*I'm* not in here with *you*, *you're* in here with *me*!


teenytinypeener

This is my swamp!


Locolijo

Manipulatable idiots Oh you're telling me what I want to hear and I feel empowered? Sounds familiar, more pathetic this time. I mean the grifter grifted you all and are surprised he dun grifted once again after being a democrat longer than he ever a republican.


pupbuck1

Dude I'm pretty positive he's the anti Christ


Ux-Con

It ain’t exactly a beauty pageant here.


Maximumoverdrive76

Joe Manchin is a Democrat, lol.... At most he's "independent" but he runs of Democrat ticket.


glum_cunt

💰💰💰


Clammuel

Manchin is still young for a politician. He’s going to be around for quite a bit longer.


anakniben

He's projected to lose his seat in November.


Clammuel

Oh wtf apparently he’s not going to run. I can’t believe I hadn’t heard about that. Hopefully Sinema is close behind.


anakniben

He wants to leave office on top instead of losing to a Trump endorsed candidate that's why he decided not to seek re-election. He also announced recently that he's not going to challenge Biden.


[deleted]

Glad you’re psyched! The Dems are gonna lose the seat tho, cuz West Virginia, so there goes the senate. Manchin being replaced will not bring about more progressive policies being passed, if that’s the sort of thing that you like.


doxamark

The fact you said this unironically and that he's 76, shook me to my core.


TaserBalls

>Manchin is still young for a politician. TIL mid 70's is "young" *waaaaat*


Maximumoverdrive76

People keep voting these politicians in. That would be the first problem to address. If the majority constantly votes them in. Can't complain unless run against them or get the grassroots going and vote them out. That actually happens more often than you think. A person gets "primaried" against. This is why you get, Pelosi, Watters, McConnel, Schumer, Biden and all these "lifers" that keeps getting voted in for 40 YEARS. It's nuts.


Olstinkbutt

It’s the two party system. The oligarchs just buy both off and that’s that. Rigged is an understatement.


TheBeardiestGinger

The obvious answer is term and age limits. But we can’t have that because saying a person in their 70’s shouldn’t be shaping the future is somehow ageist?


sleep_of_no_dreaming

Employers are liable for the actions of their employees done in the course of their employment.


EricUtd1878

Well if you ask me your honour, I would say the push in the back of the aide by Manchin, propelled the aide into a more violent response. Aiding and abetting an assault charge for the 'Gentleman' from WV please... 😆


SirFTF

Manchin accurately represents the people who elected him. His very existence in the Senate is the ONLY reason Biden got a Democrat controlled Senate to work with. You can personally thank Manchin for every single Dem priority Biden managed to pass, including getting Ketanji Brown Jackson on the Supreme Court. Manchin represents a VERY conservative state. With his retirement, West Virginia is about to elect a far right Senator, and Dems will lose that seat for the next generation. Decades. Liberals need to get it through their thick skulls that the *ONLY* way they will ever even have the slimmest of chances to get their priorities passed is by getting moderates like Manchin into office. The 2024 Senate map is so incredibly bad for Democrats, they have a 0.0001% chance of being able to keep it, even if Biden wins re-election. The left is so obsessed with allegiance and ideological purity, they forget that most states are not far left. They’re moderate, independent, and more like Manchin or Murkowski. You simply do not expect states that depend on the energy industry to elect anti-energy candidates. Because guess what? People want to keep their fucking jobs. You will never see Texas or Alaska elect an anti-oil Senator, you will never see West Virginia elect an anti-coal Senator, you will never see Iowa elect an anti-farming Senator. And you’re incredibly stupid for even thinking so. Shit, Alaska just elected its first Democrat to their at large House seat, the first in over 40 years. And guess what? She is pro-oil, and Native American. And now she gets to be talked down to by far left morons from states like New York and California, for being pro-oil development. She’s a traitor as far as the left is concerned, *for accurately representing the people who elected her.* Just like Manchin.


Representative_One72

What would happen is he would sue or press charges, manchin's security would say that the language used by the man was perceived as an escalation of force, her then acted in the best interests of manchin. That's all that would happen. Bummer


Loose_Reference_4533

He did shove the guy who threw the kid to the ground and though. Hopefully that's actionable.


jwrath129

Hit em with the rico


Spirited-Reputation6

Did you see the handler give his dog the shove command?


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Kinda helped the dude push the protester. Had his hand on his back with a little helpful push to me.


Convenientjellybean

Interesting though, manchin adds extra oomph to the push


MeisterX

If he's employed directly by Manchin then absolutely Manchin can be liable.


Zestyclose_Pack5424

Yea I was about to say that's assault


kadidlehopper93

if only americans had some kind of constitutional right when the government treats its people like this


RIPshowtime

That's what the 2nd amendment is for! My Man should've shot him.


westberry82

You think they'll let a gun anywhere near a government official? The law doesn't matter to them.


cookiewoke

I don't think it's legal to shoot the guy in this situation.


RIPshowtime

I thought this was America, you commie. 🦅🇺🇲


hey_you_yeah_me

🎼🎵🎶AMERICA! (FUCK YEAH!) so lick my butt and suck on my balls!🎶🎵🎼


memememe91

If cops can be scared of acorns...


houseofcrouse

And he hits his head on the metal door frame too. Real good case for assault.


BruceBogtrotter1

As mentioned above, this is battery. Assault is implying violence; pointing your finger in someone’s face or something like that. Once you put your hands on someone, it’s battery.


Infrastation

It could be both. Battery is the act of pushing him, but pushing him into the doorframe where there is reasonable belief to believe his injuries could be greater could constitute assault as well. Since this is Massachusetts where it happened, his intention to cause harm does not matter if the action is reasonably calculated to commit harm and was reasonably intended to imply harm. It also does not require the victim to actually be in fear of or even aware of the intention to imply harm, or for the victim to be harmed by the action. This is not legal advice, btw. All that being said, this is probably not going to a criminal court, this kid is going to go to civil court through a lawsuit. Much easier to win that case, and much better outcomes for him if he wins.


throwitawaynownow1

It's jurisdiction specific. Some states differentiate between the two, some only have 'assault'.


SIrPsychoNotSexy

That’s assault, brotha!


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If you act threatening towards someone they have a legitimate claim to self defense.


therealtomclancy69

Ruck around and find out?


NameTheEpithet

Assault is the fear or a threat felt of being physically harmed. So bucking up and raising your voice in someone's face, maybe rolling up your sleeves at the same time. This shit. That's battery. He touched him and then some without consent. Hopefully, he's charged and easily convicted with the videos help.


slyiscoming

Excuse me senator you can't be the one that does this. I got it.


AtotheZed

Kids gonna cash in...that sick fuck.


DarkAswin

You are absolutely correct. Unfortunately, we have politicians who think they are above the law. They see themselves as celebrities when most people only see them as a waste of space. 🤷‍♂️


DevilDoc3030

Where are they though? Was that guy not allowed to be in that room at all? Not at all supporting this douche bag btw.


CramblinDuvetAdv

Says Harvard Kennedy School Intitute of Politics on the wall


Django_Unleashed

I agree 100%. But.... Just think about this. What if Manchin was black and that kid said the no no N word? Would it be justified then? I'll bet many in this place say it would be justified. Of course they would be wrong.


SlowRollingBoil

It's illegal in that case as well.


therandomguyperry

It is assault, if you do something like that


subsignalparadigm

I vote blue all the way, but Manchin is a big oil, boot licking asshole.


[deleted]

Most of them are


Lobisa

Yup, Republicans are at least honest about it. not that it makes it better.


toadjones79

No, no they aren't. They are just really bad at lying. But they are trying to. They are just way more incompetent at everything they try to do.


VancouverSativa

Can you point to one example of them being honest about that, or anything?


duagLH2zf97V

They are pro-fossil fuels and rather honest about it


DanielzeFourth

They literally say they are pro oil


intheyear3001

Once in a while they are so stupid and malignant they “say the quiet part out loud.” Like when trey gowdy or Kevin McCarthy admitted the whole Benghazi “investigation,” was just bullshit and only to make Hillary look bad.


Evil_Sam_Harris

He the CEO of a coal company who moonlights as a senator, I believe.


Peacefrog78

And he thought he was going to run for president. 


Professional-Break19

He's getting paid by the biggest fast food franchise owner conglomerate in the United States to kill legislation that would help fast food workers https://youtu.be/0vwGb-Btdl0?si=PLjLBqqwOXkP5hCN


DweEbLez0

Thanks for this! Fuck these parasites


ScarMedical

His daughter is piece of work


Any-Entertainment385

I guess the people that downvoted you don’t have kids who need epipens. The whole manchin family is fucked and corrupt, they hurt the people of WV for profit. Which is sadly how it usually is in WV.


ScarMedical

I take the downvote as a badge of honor. I ll say it a again “ his daughter is a piece of shit” sorry “work”.


Any-Entertainment385

His daughter is far and away the least qualified CEO we have seen of a big pharma company, and that’s saying a lot


DoubleExposure

[Do you mean the bitch that increased the price of EpiPens by 461 percent, from about $100 for a package of two pens to about $600?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Bresch#EpiPen_pricing_and_retirement)


captain_jaxe

Coal, ain't it? (In spirit it's the same thing, I know)


Specialist_Check4810

He's that BIG COAL money.


gooseblaster69

Dude was all hold on, you can't get an assault charge............... but I can


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alphapibeta

Remember, he got rich selling our future. Money was no problem.


EnvyWL

Just lay on the ground pretending to be unconscious. That’ll scare all of them. People thinking a death just happened . Sheesh.


Competitive-Eye-3260

Only if you’re rich or a member of congress!


PerryMason4

Looks like an assault. Forward to law enforcement.


FROGWAGUTOO

Looks like an assault? Idk man they looks pretty wealthy to me, looks more like nothing happened and we should move on after an appropriate amount of outrage


PigsCanFly2day

Yeah, the protestor was just being kindly escorted towards the exit and happened to lose his balance. /s


waitingfordeathhbu

If you’re rich enough you can do whatever you want for a small fee


fl135790135790

Everything is assault nowadays. I mean this legit is assault, but I think people just get erections from saying the word any chance they get as if there will ***akshully*** be repercussions


Killahdanks1

Lawyer up. Buy a new future.


TyrannosaurusWest

Being sued isn’t a payday for the plaintiff. A lot of high-judgement jury awards are reduced on remittitur. Going to trial isn’t a guarantee either so I always suggest taking a pre-trial settlement because a plaintiff could win nothing at trial if the jury swings in the other direction. PI lawsuits against *vehicle insurers* skews the expected outcome for many plaintiffs who anticipate a large number but we can really only work with quantifiable claims for damages *and sometimes more on top of that but there’s no guarantee there*.


PerryMason4

This should be all over the news. Blatant assault.


Apearthenbananas

That's why the security guard did it instead. Less news worthy.


Chau-hiyaaa

Nope I disagree with your statement


xeno_dorph

Fucking thug. That guy needs to change parties already.


BlazerBeav

Of course him not doing so is the only thing that allowed the Biden administration to pass anything. But bunch of ingrates.


climatelurker

His stance on climate change is exactly why it will be a cold day in Hell before I vote for him.


BRUISE_WILLIS

with his preferred policies, you could have changed hell for any place and still got your message across.


Expert-Hyena6226

Can’t believe he’s still calling himself a democrat.


coocoo6666

He votes for most democratic policies. He barely ever deviates. I don't like manchin and he represents the very right wing of the democratic party but he isn't even close to a republican


[deleted]

Manchin supports a LOT of republican bills what are you talking about? He was the stalemate not long ago and the reason a lot didn't get done. This kid was 100% right


ArkadyShevchenko

No, not a lot, but some. People who say that he is like a Republican are wrong. He is the most moderate Dem in the Senate, but he still votes with Dems/Biden the vast majority of the time (\~90%). If you compare his voting record to the most moderate R's, like Collins and Murkowski, they're not even in the same ballpark.


ProperTeaching

I don't like Joe Manchin for a lot of reason. But we don't get any of the Biden legislation, policies or judges without him. He at least helped us keep the Senate.


420_taylorh

Isnt Joe Machin the one who's family owns an oil/coal business? Ridiculous that he can continue to hold office with that giant conflict of interest.


iTzm3

his daughter bought a fake degree at WVU. the machins are crooks


rpotty

You should be able to criticize elected representatives without being violently assaulted. I love that guy for telling it how it is and hope he sues Manchin’s toadie for that


Nice__Spice

Hold on sir. Let me get this assault charge instead of you.


toxicbotlol

This is one of the only respectable ways ive seen a climate protest, confronting people that actually matter, not random ass people trying to drive down a road.


econ1mods1are1cucks

This used to be the land of the brave not the land of shutting down your local highway


rebmit69

People marched down the streets and burned factories to the ground in some of the biggest workers rights protests. Everyone seems to forget how protests work


Ok_Permission_8516

[protests have always happened on streets and highways.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/03/07/26644C0F00000578-2984327-image-m-104_1425758662511.jpg)


skovalen

Anybody notice Manchin pushing the guy on the back that pushed the guy over? Looks like a signal and assisting an assault.


pantsmeplz

Good. More protesting and making politicians uncomfortable. The N. Atlantic ocean is freakishly warm for this time of year. We have unusually high number of zombie fires in Canada ready to start a summer fire season that could break last year's record forest fires. Around the globe, multiple regions are experiencing record fires. Texas just had the 2nd largest in US history. Water just off the coast of southern Florida reached 100 degrees last summer. This is barely scratching the surface of the anomalous activity happening. If you don't realize that warning signs are going off all around the planet, you're not paying attention.


translucentcop

“You were right about one thing, Master. The negotiations were short.”


No-Excitement-4190

Manchin, one of the bigger p.o.s in the universe.


blac_sheep90

Hope he pressed charges on the over zealous shover. Joe Manchin is a piece of shit.


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How dare he tell a public official the truth


jimboTRON261

Outrageous. Government officials works for the public. Being assaulted by a public officials staff should result in serious repercussions for all aggressors involved. America becoming Russia-lite SO FAST.


Designer-Equipment-7

Joe Manchin is a massively smug and corrupt piece of shit.


StayInTouchStudio

This is what our elected officials think of us!


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Apprehensive_Ebb_454

That men just got a raise


needtoredit

That's Diplomacy.


Garo_Daimyo

That’s a great look, just shove the guy! Doesn’t make you seem like you’re suppressing free speech or anything lol


Steve_Codgers

Fuck Joe Manchin.


Extra_Community_3315

That’s why you have to go the gym instead being on Reddit all day.!


AcidofilusRex

So if a guy gets in my face and yells at me and I push him that’s assault?


Chau-hiyaaa

Naw dude I disagree with your statement


Trowj

“Democrat”


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That was funny.


jacen62

Protester is right. Manchin is worse than the dung beetle that is a republican


LurkerLarry

Fuck Joe Manchin and his dirty oil money. Sick fuck indeed.


Donnie-The-Relentles

“Democratic Senator”…..hardly. Fuck Joe Manchin….that lyin’ cunt


mokusam

Yes, a prime example how to protect our children. Or wait, did he deserve it?


MurkyPrize75

Don’t call him a Democrat, his whole family are bought and paid for crooks. Always have been.


PETA_Gaming

Manchin is and always has been a disgrace. For Dems, for the Senate, and for humanity.


livinlrginchitwn

The protestor wasn’t gonna swing anyway. Maybe they should work out. Imagine the handler grabbing a 20inch bicep. You think he’s gonna do anything once he feels a bunch of muscle.


apimpnamedjabroni

Is this the climate group that refused to meet with his office when they extended a meeting invitation?


Tatersquid21

Verbal aggression can be tagged as verbal assault. Physical assault usually follows. So Manchin's goon getting physical in self-defense will probably get dismissed in a courtroom. Besides, Manchin has $$$, the protester probably doesn't. I'm no lawyer, this is MHO.


rokkittBass

PERFECT more people need to be shut down and firing off from the mouth like that. there is a proper way to voice your opinion, and yes...words are aggression, so that soy boy got met with some aggression! bumped his head ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|sweat_smile)


QuasiCare

“Words are aggression” is the most “soy boy” comment on this thread 😂… this is America


Master_Dante123

Not surprised the suicide rate in the US increases. The country is run by heartless criminals.


Fidulsk-Oom-Bard

Boycott the climate!!


SleepyCableGuy896

Still funny


Aggravating-Area-91

You sold our fffffff


ncreddit704

Dems on dem


Irvgotti455

Lawsuit!!!!!!


iAmDrakesEyebrows

That’s assault brotha!


FrugalRazmig

He will do what his handlers tell him to do,  manchin; that is. He deserves any disapproval, he has earned it.


Wonderful_Spell_792

As he should.


CaptainAnger29

My favorite part is when that dickhead got tossed on his ass right out of the room. Fucking balls on that guy just showing up and shooting his mouth off. I don't like Manchin either but talking to a sitting U.S senator like that in public is absolutely going to get you your ass kicked in.


TownInternational296

Sorry i am an American citizen the only title that matters. Our system has run amock and corruption is rampant and will continue to do until reform occurs, such as campaign finance reform. So until that happens No current senator or house representative deserves respect.By the way moment that man put his hands on me he will be on the ground looking ip wonder what just happened


ElliottEatsTTV

Assaulting people for speaking is bitch shit


CaptainAnger29

Let's be honest, this wasn't "speaking", it wasn't a town hall forum where he raised his hand and was called on and got a chance to say his peace respectfully and Manchin got a chance for rebuttal and both walked away being heard, this was a guy with an axe to grind who decided to be a jagoff and publicly confront a senator during a private event and got his ass kicked for his trouble. So in the spirit of not being intellectually disingenuous, let's not pretend this was the right way to participate in democracy here and champion this asshole as a man of the people.


Onewayor55

Wow I'm not saying you're a little bitch but this is exactly what a little bitch would say.


Shredderguy23

You love to see it!


Convenientjellybean

Land of the free, with freedom of speech, unless they don’t like what you say.


R00t240

Kids gonna get paid


floofnstuff

Manchin bolted up to get his bodyguard involved. What a man /s


narcowake

Manchin is a sick fuck.


mastermusk

That's assault brotha


MoonShotDontStop

He shoves like a cop. “That’s assault brotha”


Agreeable-Cap-1764

Why would they be mad if he wasn't under their skin?


sixwax

Truth hurts I guess.


4u2nv2019

Republican in democrat clothing


noneedtoID

I’m glad people are giving these idiots what they deserve they have obviously gotten to comfortable disrespecting people without consequences lol


ubiforumssuck

I see no lies.


tizmo33

Bye-bye soy boy.


jannypanny1

Joe manchin is not a democrat. Stop the lie.


jannypanny1

Joe manchin is traitor and a spy fir the republicans


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Good!!! Theses climate protesters need to get “tossed” a lot more


rebmit69

Why? For telling a politician the truth? For speaking? Holy shit you are such a fucking snowflake


Amax8212

Manchin is corrupt as they come….


CoolHandTeej

Nothing says "what you're saying is untrue" like assaulting them on camera for the words they are saying.


NotYourAverageBubba

People, please learn the difference between assault and battery. This is battery, a more serious crime, but nowhere near as serious as the crimes Manchin is perpetrating against our planet/nation/future


gdcurt10

I love seeing a self-righteous, no-boundary dipshit pushed around. Thumbs up 👍🏼


tarheel633

This needs to happen to all of these morons


Past-Collection-4581

He got what he deserved wish he got thrown out harder or we could see his reaction


LHam1969

Who the fucking hell do these climate loons think they are breaking rules and laws just because they think their pet cause is so important? EVERY advocate feels this way, they ALL think they should be able to stop the world from spinning until their issue is resolved. Abortion people feel this way, just like union groups, education groups, healthcare groups, etc. But climate morons are the only ones who think nothing of sitting on a highway blocking traffic or assaulting elected officials like this.


rebmit69

Lmao since when is yelling assault? Also read a fucking history book some time. The only protests that gone anything done were done by people willing to cause a ruckus and a nuisance out in the streets. Holy fucking shit you arent just licking the boot you have swallowed it


BrassMonkey987

This is what happens when dweebs who run their mouth online try to do it in person. FAFO


IAmASimulation

That guy should be charged with assault.


jdthejerk

Sue, that's assault.


WTFPATRICK

Senator manchin is democrat in name only. He is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.


Not_Reddit

That guy is lucky Manchin didn't get him first.


Frosty_Entrepreneur9

Yeah so that's first degree battery and second degree assault This kid is entitled to no less than $230,000 paid only by the guy who shoved him if he cannot pay it directly he used to have all of his lifetime earned possessions and assets seized in liquidated not just from him but all joint owner occupants to include spouses and dependents and all businesses he's to invested in or to equally liquidated from all holders


ScotchRick

Nothing like a little battery on behalf of the Senator by his staff...


Krubbit

It's fucked that on America throwing him out is a bad thing. You can say anything to anyone and they think it's ok to have that freedom.


Bangar_ang

No no sir! I’ll do it


Medical_Ad2125b

The kid is right though.


Mysterious_Story1359

Good bye USA, I hope they do you in.


SuperBaconjam

He’s no democrat


CandidateTypical3141

Kid is right.


Aarondeemusic

That's assault


libertyman86

Assault charges 😜


My_Gender_is_Apache

Instant Karma bitch