evidence: After word emerged that Manchin had thrown cold water on a "billionaire’s tax" proposal by some of his Democratic colleagues, Gura said in an Oct. 27 tweet: "FUN FACT: West Virginia is home to zero billionaires." Is he right that West Virginia has no billionaires? The best available data suggests that it’s the case currently. [...] So the point of Gura’s tweet is that Manchin wasn’t even standing up for his constituents with that position, since West Virginia has no billionaires. (Manchin’s office did not respond to an inquiry for this article.)