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In his new book, Joe Manchin puts a centrist gloss on the concept of common sense—which “comes off, in our current moment, as a dangerous delusion,” Jon Allsop writes. “As we speak, it is being weaponized, in extreme ways.”
The Illusion of Joe Manchin’s “Common Sense”
How an old cliché has been warped and weaponized in contemporary American politics.
www.newyorker.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
In his new book, Joe Manchin puts a centrist gloss on the concept of common sense—which “comes off, in our current moment, as a dangerous delusion,” Jon Allsop writes. “As we speak, it is being weaponized, in extreme ways.”