Joe Manchin: “Do you all believe there's enough money in the defense budget to defend our country to continue to be the superpower of…”

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.

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

I truly believed that, if in power, Republicans would uphold the filibuster, the last guardrail preventing total partisan rule.

We’re not trying to start another party.