Joe Manchin: “A lot of the States have basically their own controls, their oversights, their ombudsmens, things of this sort.”

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…

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

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.