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Joe Manchin: “No, I’ll be very honest with you, anything that was ever said, if I’m an embarrassment to my -- my Democrat colleagues…”

On the recordOctober 21, 2021
No, I’ll be very honest with you, anything that was ever said, if I’m an embarrassment to my -- my Democrat colleagues, my caucus, the president, the leader of the Democratic Party, Chuck Schumer and all them, and I said me being a moderate centrist Democrat, if that causes you a problem let me know and I’ll switch to being an independent. But I’d still be caucusing with Democrats.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Senator Manchin addresses the possibility of switching parties while clarifying his intention to remain aligned with Democrats.

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