Manchin Burns it All Down Again + A Conversation with Joe Trippi

THE OFFICIAL MEA CULPA WITH MICHAEL COHEN ARCHIVE

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Politics, News

4.7 • 8.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2026

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Mea Culpa welcome's back Joe Trippy. Trippi pioneered bringing politics into the digital age and brings an added digital component to the Lincoln Project arsenal. Trippi has worked for Democrats at every level over 4 decades – from Ted Kennedy, Walter Mondale and managing Howard Dean’s groundbreaking presidential campaign in 2004. Trippi has been a media and campaign strategist for dozens of Senate and Gubernatorial campaigns including Jerry Brown’s 2010 comeback campaign for Governor of California and Doug Jones’ historic Senate victory in Alabama, where Jones became the first Democratic US Senator in Alabama in 25 years. His weekly podcast is “That Trippi Show”. Michael and Joe dive deep into the upcoming midterms and what the democrats need to do to win.

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0:00.0	This is my Mayo Cop
0:06.0	This is my Mayor Coppa
0:09.0	Oh baby don't lie for me
0:12.0	If I tell you my story don't cry for me
0:15.0	I did my time that's fun by me
0:18.0	This is my me
0:19.0	Amea co-bo This is Michael Mayor Culper.
0:26.6	This is Michael Cohen, and you're listening to the Mayor Culper podcast. As we reported, Democratic Senator Joe Manchin has ruled out backing key funding proposals for his party's action on climate change.
0:34.6	What the hell is wrong with Joe Manchin?
0:36.6	He's the senator from West Virginia, a tiny little state with some of the biggest problems
0:41.9	in the whole country.
0:43.3	West Virginia is number 49 in infrastructure, number 48 in economy, and number 47 in healthcare.
0:52.3	And it should come as no surprise that they rank dead last in education,
0:57.0	because they keep electing Good for Nothing Joe Manchin to office.
1:02.0	So how is it that this truly terrible senator has the audacity
1:06.0	to thwart President Joe Biden's domestic agenda?
1:10.0	The answer?
1:11.6	Cole?
1:12.2	Joe Manchin, the powerful Senate Democrat, who is standing in the way of climate provisions
1:18.6	in the Democrats' budget package.
1:21.0	And it just so happens that Manchin, who opposes these climate provisions, is a coal millionaire.
1:29.6	He has a family business that he founded in the 80s, that his son runs now. And he makes about half a million dollars per year
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