Posted on 08/10/2023 9:22:12 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin (D) says he is “thinking seriously” about leaving the Democratic Party and declaring himself an independent before the 2024 election, when he will have to decide whether to run for a fourth Senate term or wage a third-party bid for president.
Manchin, who earlier this year described himself as an independent Democrat, told West Virginia radio host Hoppy Kercheval on Thursday that the Democratic brand has “become so bad.”
“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.
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Too bad Biden isn't the candidate.
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Manchin was just bragging about the largest spending bills in the history of the world.
This is 100% election related. He usually poses with guns after supporting every single Dem Piece of Legislation.
Yes.
Empty gesture. He’ll still caucus with the Demonicrats.
Heck yes we want him. Are you crazy? You would possibly skip on having the majority in the Senate because of one liberal Senator?
doesn’t his wife work for Joey B?
EVERY election has been the most important one for the last 20 years, but THIS one . . .
We will not recover nor have a free United States if the election becomes another theft.
Our BEST hope and chance is to outnumber them.
There ARE millions of newly embedded aliens with forged papers, good enough to "call" an election and as we have all learned, no matter what evidence we may have, after a "call", it will be a done deal.
We will not have another chance after 2024.
Manchin voted to confirm EVERY SINGLE unqualified, stupid Biden court nominee. He’s bought and paid for.
Mr. Bait & Switch goes trolling again.....
Again???
Marko
Stay put Joe. We don’t need another freakin’ rino in Congress. There’s plenty of them there already, doing their bit to destroy this country. Just stay with the RATS. That’s where you belong.
Exactly.
If Manchin runs, you can guarantee that it will not benefit Trump. Assuming Trump is the R nominee (a pretty safe assumption at this point) A Manchin candidacy would be designed to peel off just enough electoral college votes to make a Trump win mathematically impossible.
We don't need, or want middle-of-the-road sloppy seconds.
Joe, Go MAGGA or just go away. Fork you, you are DONE!
I think he's more interested in himself, and continuing his political career, and he'll pull a Bloomberg to do it.
No, he's not. This is theater in the moment.
When he actually leaves, it will be a fait accompli.
Bidding starts.
He can read the tea leaves in WVA and what they say is that the State Legislature is controlled by the Rs, 89-11.
Hell yes!! What freaking good would he be, when he'd vote with the Democrats the majority of the time anyway? We don't need tainted cast-off Democrats. We've already got plenty of Rinos portraying them in the Senate already.
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