Manchin target of ad in West Virginia pressuring him to block controversial Biden DOJ nominee
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The Judicial Crisis Network (JCN) is launching a campaign aiming to scuttle the nomination of Vanita Gupta to be the associate attorney general for civil rights by targeting moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin in his home state of West Virginia.
The campaign comes after Manchin indicated in a comment to CNN that he is "leaning towards" voting to confirm Gupta -- who is controversial in part because of pitched rhetoric she's used against Republicans in recent years. He said, according to CNN, that he is weighing heavily comments from Attorney General Merrick Garland that he is supportive of Gupta for the high-profile civil rights post. But JCN President Carrie Severino and her group hope to turn Manchin's constituents -- and by extension Manchin -- against Gupta with an ad tying her to drug overdoses in West Virginia.More Related News