Not remotely true, if it were it would still be blue.
Manchin was a successful and popular politician and governor. Morrisey was a
Lousy campaigner, and in 28 Democrat had the anti party
Motivation.. taking out Manchin was possible but not with a candidate who was mediocre at best on the campaign trail.. trying to pretend he was MAGA after
Being an establishment guy his entire career… a stronger candidate could have won, Morrisey as weak as he was lost by less than 20k votes… a stronger candidate would have won.
Even the reds in WV know how to bring home the pork.