Joe Manchin: “I think that DOD went through a strong due diligence process.”

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

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.

When you like both people and both sides, you can sit down with both sides, you can agree to disagree, you can try to find compromise and make things happen.

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