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<\/a>The centerpiece of the effort is a website \u2013 ReplaceJoeManchin.com.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe only hope to persuade a West Virginia politician is to fight like hell to replace them,\u201d said WV Can\u2019t Wait Co-Chair Katey Lauer. \u201cManchin\u2019s network of corporate lawyers, financiers, coal and gas executives, lobbyists, and party bosses will not be defeated in one election, or in one race. This is a guy who has weekly check-in calls with Exxon. It took a generation for his machine to rise to power. It may take a generation for us to replace it. The threat we build must be fearless, homegrown, and permanent. We have to start at the root. And we have to start now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Manchin is a long-time ALEC member, whose top donors are corporate lawyers and banking interests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou don\u2019t win high office in West Virginia because you\u2019re a servant of the people,\u201d said WV Can\u2019t Wait Co-Chair and former Gubernatorial Candidate Stephen Smith. \u201cYou win by being rich, or because your daddy was a politician. We\u2019re out to change that.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n On the website, people can take action by making a donation or by nominating someone in their community to run for office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A group of West Virginia political activists has launched an effort to replace Senator Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) and his political machine. The centerpiece of the effort is a website \u2013 ReplaceJoeManchin.com. \u201cThe only hope to persuade a West Virginia … Continue reading