Joe Manchin: “But their involvement in the election has shown a desire to get people that are more friendly toward the Russians?”

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

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…

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

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.