Manchin Responds to ‘Socialist’ Sanders Over Disparaging Op-ed in West Virginia Newspaper Manchin Responds to ‘Socialist’ Sanders Over Disparaging Op-ed in West Virginia Newspaper October 17, 2021 by Zachary Stieber The intra-Democrat power struggle intensified this week as two top senators clashed over what one of their states needs. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)—technically an…