Throughout the day Wednesday, Vice President Mike Pence lobbed pointed attacks Joe Manchin’s way. With the veep making a visit to West Virginia, he decided to go after the state’s Democratic senator. In a series of tweets and a speech, Pence said that the state deserves better as Manchin vote’s against the state’s interests and with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer.

.@Sen_JoeManchin voted no to give working families more of your hard-earned money. Joe voted no on tax cuts. Joe voted no time and again on the policies that West Virginia needs. #JoeVotedNo pic.twitter.com/uV7SdAa2q8 — Vice President Mike Pence (@VP) January 31, 2018

Well, Manchin has responded back. And he didn’t mince words.

Joe Manchin responds to Mike Pence pic.twitter.com/NTTwMUp6iB — Joe Perticone (@JoePerticone) January 31, 2018

As you can see in the statement above, via Business Insider’s Joe Perticone, the Democratic lawmaker took some shots at Pence. Stating he was “shocked” that the vice president would “continue his partisan attacks” after working to take away West Virginians’ health care, Manchin pointed to his own attempts at bipartisanship.

“The Vice President’s comments are exactly why Washington Sucks,” Manchin stated, adding that he’ll continue to “work to make Washington work.”

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