Joe Manchin is surprised by this?

Either he's a liar or a fool.  Joe Manchin signed on to the horribly misnomered Inflation Reduction Act which was a horrific spending bill that has now been made law thanks to his cave in to the Democrat party.  But he's just now 'realizing' that not only will it not help inflation, but that the Democrats may be trying an end-around to pack more spending into Let's Go Brandon's first two years.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) reacted to Congressional Budget Office’s $400 billion cost projection for President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan by saying that it “seems to” wipe out whatever deficit reduction there was in the Inflation Reduction Act and that he “cannot answer when people call me” and wonder why they’re being “penalized” for paying their loans off.

Gee, great. It no longer matters Joe, you signed on to the bill. A bill that will increase inflation, not reduce it. It will increase spending, not reduce it. Great job Joe.