If you're going to get – it's – it's the character of the person you send to Washington, who you're voting for and within your state or your district, and if that person has the character to where they put – they put their country before their party.
Manchin stresses the importance of character in political candidates.
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We’re trying to get a person who can be committed to — and totally committed to – being an independent with an independent voice.
The way the parties have weaponized the political process today, they make it impossible to have a 'D' or an 'R' next to your name and speak to the other side.
The pledge is simply this: that you remain independent and not be part of the Democrat or Republican system.
She's an American senator that represents her state of Maine ... the most independent minded person I've ever met.
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