Joe Manchin: “Thank you for being here today, you live in the greatest country in the world, the United States of America.”

We don't even have a budget anymore.

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

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

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…