West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin leaves Democratic Party, registers as independent

[DigitalDrifter]

Told ya. The Republican party in WV won't give Manchin the time of day. And he knows he's gonna lose his seat in November. So he decides one final middle finger to his party. Classy.
See ya, Joe. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

He wasn't going to run in November, but he may be changing his mind now.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

Manchin was a champion of the working class and blue collar workers. Good to see where you stand. We've always known it wasn't with the people.

No he wasn't. He was the champion of coal companies and knew where his bread was buttered (by said companies). He didn't care about what health hazards that wrought on the blue collar workers he "suppported".
As I said, good riddance.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

He wasn't going to run in November, but he may be changing his mind now.

For President? LOL. He'd poll slightly above Kennedy at this point. And he'd pretty much be in the same boat as Sinema. The end of this political ambitions.

 

[pknopp]

He wasn't going to run in November, but he may be changing his mind now.

He is doing this to run again for governor.

We will revisit this after he announces.

 

[kyzr]

Joe should have made the switch to Republican years ago, after the dems shit on his pipeline deal.

 

[Plagerist]

The dem dopes threw him under the bus. Shows how radical they ahve become.

 

[Darkwind]

No he wasn't. He was the champion of coal companies and knew where his bread was buttered (by said companies). He didn't care about what health hazards that wrought on the blue collar workers he "suppported".
As I said, good riddance.

He was an old school liberal who did champion the working class. The fact you consider miners and other hard-working people of WV doesn't shine a very good light on you.l

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

He was an old school liberal who did champion the working class. The fact you consider miners and other hard-working people of WV doesn't shine a very good light on you.l

Joe Manchin doesn't give a shit about the miners of these coal companies, or the poverty they endure in Appalachia, or the lifelong health problems they suffer because of their profession.
He cares about the money coming from the coal company execs that line the pockets of his campaign coffers. Always has.