Manchin among Courage Award honorees by Catholic political group
December 31, 2021 | West Virginia
Sen. Joe Manchin III, West Virginia Democrat, is a “man of steel” deserving plaudits for his courage, a lay Catholic political advocacy group said Thursday.
Mississippi attorney general Lynn Fitch, the parents of Loudoun County, Virginia, and two Roman Catholic archbishops — Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco and Jose Gomez of Los Angeles — also appear on the roster of the courageous, the group said.
According to a roster of “2021 Courage Awards” announced by CatholicVote.org, Mr. Manchin “has single-handedly defended the right and duty of Members of Congress to represent the people and think for themselves in an otherwise completely partisan Senate. Democrats and left-wing protestors have attacked him repeatedly in the press and even targeted his family and DC home. It didn’t work, and he stayed strong.”
Several actions by Archbishop Cordileone merited approval by CatholicVote, the organization said…. (Excerpts from the Washington Times)
