CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Poor People’s Campaign will hold a demonstration against West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin on Monday evening in the state capital of Charleston.
The group of liberal activists is rallying against the moderate Democrat’s decision to oppose a landmark overhaul of U.S. election law, a proposal known as For the People Act, which he said last week risked further stoking partisan divides. As a key senator in a divided chamber, Manchin has frustrated progressive Democrats with his reluctance to support several key agenda items.
“Sen. Manchin’s policies hurt poor & low-wealth people,” Rev. William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, said in a statement. “He is against a $15 per hour living wage and also against expanding voting rights.”
Campaign leaders and advocates will gather at a park in Charleston to hold a “Moral March on Manchin.”