West Virginia Democrat Senator Joe Manchin said on Fox News Sunday that he has “ruled nothing out” regarding third-party challenges to President Joe Biden.
“‘No Labels’ is moving the centrist centrists and pushing them very hard. Make common sense judgments.” Manchin Said Fox News host Shannon Bream said: centrist It is asking for a unity ticket in the 2024 election campaign. “People basically expect us to do our job and not put the policies of our great country ahead of the political parties. That’s what we’ve seen.” And from the extreme left and extreme right comes more noise and extremism.” (Related: ‘Ask Germany’: Democratic senators throw cold water on ESG investing for retirement)
“If you have a risk management team, I think you should have a plan B,” Manchin added later in the interview. “Because Plan A shows going to the extremes of both the far left and the far right, and if people don’t want to go to the far left and far right, they want to be governed” from the middle. ”
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Manchin is currently seeking reelection to the U.S. Senate in 2024, but has not announced whether he will run for re-election. If that happens, he’ll likely face either West Virginia Republican Rep. Alex Mooney or West Virginia Republican Governor Jim Justice.
“My application date is January 15, 2024, and I will probably make a decision shortly before that. But I can’t guarantee it until the end of the year,” Manchin told Chuck Todd during an April appearance on “Meet.” Told. press. “
In a virtual head-to-head, Justice leads Manchin by 22 points, according to An East Carolina University poll shows Mr. Manchin’s approval for the job is 33%, compared to just 51% among Democrats. President Donald Trump led West Virginia by a wide margin in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections.
Manchin wins the race re-election He defended a filibuster against Republican Attorney General Patrick Morrissey in 2018, angering some Democrats by opposing some of President Joe Biden’s candidates.
“I haven’t said who to include or exclude,” Manchin told Bream. “I’m saying you should have a plan B ready.”
“We don’t judge anything, we don’t exclude anything,” Manchin said.
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