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Manchin says he’s approached ‘every day’ about switching to GOP [Video]

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  • Sen. Joe Manchin said he’s approached “every day” about switching parties.
  • The senator said becoming a Republican might be “easier” but “I don’t know where in the hell I belong.”
  • Last week, Manchin called a report that he’s planning to leave the Democratic Party as “bullshit.”

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia said on Tuesday that he’s approached “every day” about switching to the Republican Party.

Manchin made the comments at the Economic Club of Washington, DC, where he was interviewed by billionaire David Rubenstein, the chairman of the Carlyle Group. Rubenstein asked the senator if he thinks it would be easier for him if he “shifted to being a Republican.”

“Oh, it would be much easier, my goodness,” Manchin said, adding, “Is that the purpose of being involved in public service?”

“What I’m telling you now is who I am,” he went on to say. “Do you think by having a ‘D’ or an ‘I’ or an ‘R’ is going to change who I am?”

“I don’t think the Rs would be any happier with me than Ds are right now,” Manchin continued, to laughter from the audience. “I mean, that’s about as blunt as I can put it. So I don’t know where in the hell I belong.”

It’s unclear who exactly has approached Manchin about switching parties, and his Senate office did not respond immediately to Insider’s request for comment.

Manchin’s comments follow the publication of a report last week that said he could soon leave the party and declare himself an “American Independent.” Manchin called the report “bullshit,” though he later told reporters that he once offered to leave the party if he became an “embarrassment” to his Democratic colleagues.

“The only thing that was ever said that we’ve ever talked about — if I’m an embarrassment to my Democratic colleagues, my caucus,” he told reporters. “And I said, me being a moderate centrist Democrat, if that causes you a problem let me know, and I’d switch to be independent. But I’d still be caucusing with Democrats.”

“No one accepted that,” he added at the time.

Manchin has faced these kinds of questions for some time.

“I’ve never considered it from that standpoint because I know I can change more from where I’m at,” Manchin told Vox in April in response to a question about switching parties.

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7 Comments

7 Comments

  1. jack

    October 28, 2021 at 11:32 am

    good for Manchin.. He IS VERY likely the ONLY centrist,(moderate) left in the communist (democrat) party. My GOD, do “they” EVER hate him. ! He impresses me as much as De Santis (Fla gov). Those two (seemingly) can’t be “pushed” around by the wacko’s . Time will tell..BUT,so far,so good ! Kyrsten Synema may also be one who will stand strong ,BUT, once again,WAY too soon to REALLY know…If (and that IS a BIG IF) the 2022 elections bury the commies ,”we” may have a chance to save our republic..God bless (and help) America.!

    • MANDAGUEVOS

      October 28, 2021 at 5:09 pm

      MANCHIN YOU HAVE TO KNOW AT LEAST WHERE YOU DONT BELONG-THE DEMS HATE YOU NOW,THEY ONLY DONT WANT TO LOOSE ANY SEATS BUT AS SOON AS YOURE NO USE ANYMORE THEY WILL MAKE THEIR FEELINGS CLEARER TO YOU.BECOME AN INDEPENDENT IF YOUVE GROWN TO HATE REPUBLICANS AS WELL,BUT GET THE HELL OUTTA DODGE. IF YOU DONT STAND FOR SOMETHING,YOULL FALL FOR ANYTHING. THE DEMS ARE ON THEIR WAY DOWN AND THEY WILL BLAME MUCH OF THEIR FAILURES ON YOU.

  2. jack

    October 28, 2021 at 11:33 am

    good for Manchin.. He IS VERY likely the ONLY centrist,(moderate) left in the communist (democrat) party. My GOD, do “they” EVER hate him. ! He impresses me as much as De Santis (Fla gov). Those two (seemingly) can’t be “pushed” around by the wacko’s . Time will tell..BUT,so far,so good ! Kyrsten Synema may also be one who will stand strong ,BUT, once again,WAY too soon to REALLY know…If (and that IS a BIG IF) the 2022 elections bury the commies ,”we” may have a chance to save our republic..God bless (and help) America.! you show me where this commentary was a repeat !!!!!

    • MANDAGUEVOS

      October 28, 2021 at 5:10 pm

      I WANT TO TAKE HER HOME WITH ME

  3. Cheryl

    October 28, 2021 at 11:59 am

    Stay true to what you think is best. As Americans we cannot afford this bill to pass! Our great, great grandchildren will still be paying this off.

  4. Carlene

    October 28, 2021 at 1:44 pm

    Maybe he should just stay in the Democrat Party, and then at the next election someone could run and win who represent what the people of the state of West Virginia want their Senator to do. Does he speak for the ones who elected him or is he a maverick? If so why vote? Robert Byrd has died and should no longer be Manchin’s idol. No Senator should be a law unto himself. The bill that Democrats want him to support will hurt West Virginians worse than any other state.

    • MANDAGUEVOS

      October 28, 2021 at 5:12 pm

      KILL THE BILL-

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