Inside Track
Manchin Considers Dropping Democrat Label
According to The Hill, in an August 10 interview with West Virginia radio host Hoppy Kercheval, West Virginia’s Senator Joe Manchin said he is considering leaving the Democratic Party to become an Independent. For some time now Manchin has claimed he is dissatisfied with the direction of the party, and he apparently seems set to defect.
“I’m thinking seriously” of leaving the party, Manchin said. “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.”
Manchin has earned the ire of Washington Democrats over his reluctance to follow the party line on several issues in the past few years, including their court-packing scheme, considering doing away with the filibuster, ESG investing, and Biden nominations for key bureaucratic posts whom Manchin referred to as “climate activist” nominees.
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