Joe Manchin: “That seemed to be a pretty good compromise that they'd worked out and a pretty good strategy everybody was working on.”

We’re trying to build a true independent network.

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

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.

The way the parties have weaponized the political process today, they make it impossible to have a 'D' or an 'R' next to your name and speak to the other side.