Joe Manchin

They don't believe in these extreme causes and going to the extreme mats and fighting each other and hating the other side.

The pledge is simply this: that you remain independent and not be part of the Democrat or Republican system.

We’re trying to build a true independent network.

We’re not trying to start another party.

We’re trying to get a person who can be committed to — and totally committed to – being an independent with an independent voice.

My observation, and recommendation from observation, would be, John, trust me, set yourself free and become an independent.

When you like both people and both sides, you can sit down with both sides, you can agree to disagree, you can try to find compromise and make things happen.

So you’re not making a commitment that you owe your soul to the company store, or basically to the parties, whether it be a D or an R, they’re going to have to earn your support, but the people will be much better off, and they’ll…

We don't even have a budget anymore.

I will make a decision in January -- at the end of this year.

We got a runaway debt. We got inflation that's killing people. We've got an unsecured energy. We have a border that's out of control.

We need to do permitting reform in America, we're not going to meet the challenges and be energy-independent.

The politics are so toxic, the more you talk about this party, that party, what candidate and this candidate.

I will make my political decision in December, whatever it may be.

It can't be this total political division. It's not my fault. It's your fault. It's their fault.

It's broken. It needs to be fixed.

We have accumulated the greatest amount of debt in the history of our country in the shortest period of time.

If we don't do permitting, and we don't have permitting reform in America, we're not going to meet the challenges and be energy-independent.

Let's see who's involved. Let's wait until we see who all the players are.

They’re the kind of the centrist Democrats you need.

There’s a lot of young, aggressive, good people with good intentions that love the country and have the youth and vigor to do it, and I’m going to be looking for those people.

There’s a lot of good people out here that are looking for a pathway forward.

Listen, this is not normal. Nothing like this has ever happened before. And we shouldn’t be hating each other.

No, no, I think what I'm understanding is the president made some adjustments today.