Joe Manchin is launching a new independent network
“Not a third party, but a movement of people that will bring our country and the people who are participating in politics today more towards the center.”The 78-year-old Manchin served as a U.S. “We’re trying to get a person who can be committed to — and totally committed to – being an independent with an independent voice. They can vote with Democrats and Republicans when they’re right and speak out against them when they’re wrong.”AdvertisementA RENEWED WAR MEANS RENEWED GOP MIDTERM WORRIESManchin’s Independent Leadership Council combines work already done by Heather Bresch, who is Joe Manchin’s daughter.
- ▪“Not a third party, but a movement of people that will bring our country and the people who are participating in politics today more towards the center.”The 78-year-old Manchin served as a U.S.
- ▪“We’re trying to get a person who can be committed to — and totally committed to – being an independent with an independent voice.
- ▪They can vote with Democrats and Republicans when they’re right and speak out against them when they’re wrong.”AdvertisementA RENEWED WAR MEANS RENEWED GOP MIDTERM WORRIESManchin’s Independent Leadership Council combines work already done b
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Former West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin is spearheading an effort to elect independent candidates through his Independent Leadership Council.The council’s stated purpose is to strategize ways to elect independent candidates in competitive elections, and comes amid a recent Gallup poll that found a record 45% of Americans identify as political independents. Recommended Stories Joe Manchin is launching a new independent network Majority of Republicans consider voting for different party in face of rising gas prices: Poll WATCH LIVE: Trump delivers remarks in Georgia Manchin’s political experiment was announced Thursday in the senator’s home state.Advertisement “We’re trying to build a true independent network,” said Manchin in an interview with Semafor.
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