Is moderate Democrat Senator Joe Manchin finally leaving the Democrat Party?
Manchin told West Virginia radio host Hoppy Kercheval on Thursday that the Democrat brand has “become so bad” that he's considering registering as an Independent.
“I'm thinking seriously. For me, I have to have peace of mind, basically. The brand has become so bad — the D brand and R brand. In West Virginia, the D brand because it's [the] national brand. It's not the Democrats in West Virginia, it's the Democrats in Washington.
“You've heard me say a million times I'm not a Washington Democrat,” he said.
Pressed by Kercheval whether the Senator is serious about becoming an Independent, Manchin said, “I would think very seriously about that.”
“I've been thinking about that for quite some time. I haven't made any decisions whatsoever on any of my political direction. I want to make sure that my voice is truly an independent voice,” he said. “When I do speak, I want to be able to speak honestly about basically the extremes of the Democrat and Republican Party that's harming our nation.”
He declared both parties have “gone off the Richter scale.”
“I can't accept either party, to be honest with you,” he said.
The third party “No Labels” has aggressively courted Manchin to become the organization's presidential nominee but Manchin has yet to indicate if he will run for another term in the Senate.
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Seems like Manchin wants credit despite being way late.
Its tooo late now. Should have done the 1st time Biden scr ewed him
Politics. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/biden-taps-sen-manchins-wife-to-co-chair-appalachian-board
Considering and doing are two different things.
Joe is playing politics again. He may leave but will still caucus with the Donkey Club.
Get off the fence, Joe! Do you want to be a post turtle?