Joe Manchin: “We should avoid policies that make their jobs harder or fail to reflect the importance of their work.”

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

So you’re not making a commitment that you owe your soul to the company store, or basically to the parties, whether it be a D or an R, they’re going to have to earn your support, but the people will be much better off, and they’ll…

My observation, and recommendation from observation, would be, John, trust me, set yourself free and become an independent.

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.