"We cannot continue to have a democracy that engages in the kind of policy violence that we see happening every day."

"Our democracy is in peril," said Poor People's Campaign co-chair Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis. "In this time, when our Voting Rights are under attack, and economic justice is being denied, we must and so we are, calling out the immoral obstructionism of Congress."

"Manchin's positions are wrong, constitutionally inconsistent, historically inaccurate, morally indefensible, economically insane, and politically unacceptable," said the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II.

"To preach is to see the people who are crying out and the systems that are crushing them. It is to say, 'Somebody's hurting my people and it's gone on far too long and we won't be quiet and inactive anymore.' It is to do something about it. It is to join with others who are doing something about it."