By Marty Johnson
TheHill
June 15, 2021
The Poor People’s Campaign (PPC) marched on Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va.) local congressional office in Charleston on Monday, urging the moderate senator to reverse his position on voting rights, a $15 minimum wage and President Biden’s infrastructure plan.
“There is no such thing as being moderate when it comes to protecting voting rights and lifting the poor and lifting low wealth people and providing health care, and providing living wages,” the Rev. William Barber, co-chair of the PPC, said to the crowd of more than 300 people.
“Which side are you on, Joe Manchin?” Barber continued.
According to 2019 census data, West Virginia has one of the highest rates of poverty in the country, at 16 percent.