Joe Manchin: “Now, to go down to an Army of 450 with increasing commitments... could we sustain 170,000 soldiers overseas for…”

They don't believe in these extreme causes and going to the extreme mats and fighting each other and hating the other side.

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

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

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