Joe Manchin: “We have been a heavy, heavy lifter for many years and produced an awful lot of energy for this country.”

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

I told him he was crazy in 2020 from working against her so hard and he’s crazy now to work against her.

This is not right. She is the soul of America. She is the soul of the Senate, and he knows he needs more Susan Collins, no matter what side of the aisle they’re on.

We’re trying to get a person who can be committed to — and totally committed to – being an independent with an independent voice.