Republicans pour millions into ads against Manchin over Inflation Reduction Act

Republicans are reaching into their campaign coffers to dump millions of dollars into ads criticizing Sen. Joe Manchin III’s central role in passing the Inflation Reduction Act, even as the West Virginia Democrat has soured on the tax-and-climate spending law he wrote. The National Republican Senatorial Committee, the Senate Republicans’ fundraising arm, and the McConnell-aligned public advocacy group One Nation have dropped several ads targeting Mr. Manchin more than 18 months before West Virginians head to the polls. The early spending blitz underscores a vulnerability for the conservative Democrat as...