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On the recordJanuary 31, 2017
If we're ever going to be back into the majority, they're going to have to learn to work with moderates, people that come from red states like myself that might not be able to support certain levels of a base that goes a little bit further left.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Joe Manchin emphasizes the need for Democrats to work with moderates to regain majority status.

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