Joe Manchin: “There has to be a balance.”

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

We got a runaway debt. We got inflation that's killing people. We've got an unsecured energy. We have a border that's out of control.

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