country road take me home to the place I belong West Virginia

mountain mama take me home Joe build back better

I'm at almost heaven almost heaven almost heaven almost heaven

heaven is the name of West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin's houseboat it's

named after the popular John Denver song take me home country roads I can't

even hear that phrase without being filled with so much rage that I don't

even know what to do yes almost heaven yeah well I know the song released in

1971 Manchin was in his early 20s back then this is the boat that he

infamously lives on when he's in DC and it's become the location of a lot of

protest recently because there are a lot of progressive activists not happy with

mansion right now so we are here to send him a message I'm Tara Paul Mary this is

playbook deep dive this episode we're literally going in the water we are here

to lobby Senator Manchin to support build back better

for the last several weeks activists have been at the war in DC outside Joe

Manchin's boat outside the White House and outside the Capitol building

because they want Joe Manchin to pass Biden's massive reconciliation and

infrastructure bills so when does activism work is showing up outside of

a lawmaker's home even effective every few years Washington heats up and

activism does too like remember when that activist confronted Jeff Flake and

an elevator during the Kavanaugh hearings and gotten to pause the

confirmation process recently those protesters who followed Kirsten

cinema into the bathroom were now on kayaks and small boats outside Manchin's

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