Joe Manchin actually said...

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.

10/21/2021

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