Reuters: 'Fitch highlighted Jan. 6 insurrection in talks with Treasury ahead of US downgrade'

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Manchin says it was Biden's fault.

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.)...on Thursday called Fitch Ratings’ downgrade of the U.S. credit rating from AAA to AA+ a “historic failure of leadership by both political parties and the executive branch.”

...Manchin criticized Biden for showing a “deficiency of leadership” in April after he initially refused to sit down with Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to negotiate a deficit reduction package in exchange for raising the debt limit.

Tell me again why we must not tell Joe Manchin to take a hike?