Joe Manchin actually said...

No, the only thing -- I`ll be very honest. Only thing that was ever said that was ever talked about, if I`m an embarrassment to my Democratic colleagues, my caucus, the president, me being a moderate centrist Democrat, if that causes you a problem, let me know and I`d switch to be an independent, but I`d still be caucusing with Democrats. That`s the only thing was ever discussed.

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Joe Manchin discusses the possibility of leaving the Democratic Party if he is seen as an embarrassment to his colleagues.

10/20/2021

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