Joe Manchin Roasts Democratic Party Brand as ‘Toxic’ and Says He Wants To Help Trump ‘Any Way I Can’

Mr. Manchin says America is ready for a third party to absorb centrist and moderate voters who feel alienated by both party’s excesses.

AP/J. Scott Applewhite, file
Senator Manchin at the Capitol, August 1, 2022. AP/J. Scott Applewhite, file

The outgoing senator from West Virginia, Joe Manchin, says the Democratic brand is now “toxic” and that he no longer considers himself a devotee of the party once helmed by the likes of John F. Kennedy and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

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