The other thing, Russia or any other country that has been found guilty of meddling in our elections, which I think that we have confirmed by all our intelligence communities, what punishment or what recommendations of punishment or sanctions would you all recommend that would be stringent enough to prohibit that from happening or any other country going down this path that Russia has gone down?
Manchin questions the effectiveness of sanctions against countries meddling in elections.
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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…
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.
We’re trying to get a person who can be committed to — and totally committed to – being an independent with an independent voice.
When you like both people and both sides, you can sit down with both sides, you can agree to disagree, you can try to find compromise and make things happen.
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