Barack Obama thought his legacy was bulletproof.
For years, Democrats praised the former President as their untouchable hero.
But Barack Obama was hit with one sick accusation from a top Democrat that left him fuming.
Joe Manchin drops a political bombshell with new tell-all book
Former Democrat Senator Joe Manchin is about to make a lot of enemies in Washington, D.C.
His new book Dead Center hits shelves Tuesday and it’s already sending shockwaves through the Democrat establishment.
Manchin doesn’t pull any punches when he describes what the Democrat Party has become under Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Chuck Schumer.
"I don’t say this lightly, but under the leadership of President Obama and Majority Leader Harry Reid, and later President Biden and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Democrats have systematically tried to weaken the very guardrails that have protected our democracy for generations – all in the name of advancing their agenda," Manchin writes.¹
The former West Virginia Governor spent more than four decades as a Democrat before switching to independent status last year.
He retired from the Senate in 2025 rather than face certain defeat in deep red West Virginia.
Now Manchin is settling scores with the party bosses who turned their backs on working-class Americans.
The book tears into Chuck Schumer’s obsession with destroying the Senate filibuster in 2022.
"Schumer wasn’t interested in debate or persuasion," Manchin explains. "He wanted a spectacle. He wanted a vote he could weaponize, a moment he could broadcast to the radical left to prove his loyalty. This wasn’t about governing or principle. It was about power."²
Manchin exposes the Democrat Party’s woke takeover
Manchin reveals how the Democrat Party abandoned its working-class roots to chase after radical leftist activists.
He describes how Democrats transformed from "a big tent that welcomed diverse perspectives" to a party that "has increasingly shifted toward ideological purity tests."³
The former Senator hammers Democrats for their embrace of woke ideology that alienates regular Americans.
"When the party pushes hard on woke ideology, DEI mandates, and other social agendas, it creates unnecessary divisions, alienates everyday citizens, and moves us further away from the commonsense middle ground where most Americans actually live their lives," Manchin writes.⁴
This is a devastating critique from someone who spent decades inside the Democrat machine.
Manchin watched firsthand as party leaders like Obama, Biden, and Schumer steered Democrats toward the radical left.
He reveals that he was actually rooting for Republicans to win back the Senate in 2024 because he believed they would protect the filibuster.
Manchin called the filibuster "the only hope for preserving the Senate as an institution" while Schumer wanted to destroy it.⁵
The former Senator even admits he should have switched parties when Donald Trump was first elected in 2016.
"What I failed to recognize at the time is that there were enough reasons to change my political affiliation to Republican right then and there," Manchin confesses.⁶
Democrats created their own worst nightmare
Look, here’s what Manchin’s book really exposes – the Democrat Party’s complete betrayal of working Americans.
Democrats used to talk a big game about representing coal miners, steelworkers, and farmers from coast to coast.
What Manchin reveals is how Obama, Biden, and Schumer kicked out every moderate who refused to go along with their radical transformation.
They kicked out moderate voices like Manchin who actually represented their constituents instead of parroting whatever nonsense was trending on Twitter.
The party bosses in Washington, D.C. decided they’d rather chase votes from college campuses than mining communities.
West Virginia coal miners? Forget about them. Pennsylvania steelworkers? Not interested. Iowa farmers? They stopped returning their calls.
Manchin’s book confirms what millions of Americans already suspected – the Democrat Party doesn’t give a damn about working families anymore.
They’re too busy obsessing over pronouns, DEI mandates, and climate change hysteria to care about the people who actually build things and make America work.
The timing of this book couldn’t be worse for Democrats.
They’re already dealing with financial troubles, bitter infighting, and sinking approval ratings.
Now one of their own former Senators is confirming that the party leadership systematically destroyed everything that once made Democrats competitive in Middle America.
Manchin’s explosive revelations show exactly why Donald Trump won back the White House and why Republicans are dominating elections across the country.
When you abandon working Americans to chase after college-educated coastal elites and radical activists, you get exactly what Democrats deserve – complete electoral irrelevance in the parts of America that actually matter.
¹ Sam Barron, "Ex-Sen. Manchin’s New Book Rips Democrats," Newsfront, September 15, 2025.
² Ibid.
³ Ibid.
⁴ Ibid.
⁵ Ibid.
⁶ Matthew Xiao, "Longtime Democrat Joe Manchin Blasts Obama, Biden, and Schumer for Working To ‘Weaken the Very Guardrails’ of Democracy," Washington Free Beacon, September 15, 2025.
