Hours after Sen. Joe Manchin announced he will not seek re-election, he continued to fuel rumors and speculation that he may be mounting a presidential bid.
The West Virginia Democrat made his surprise announcement Thursday, explaining in a video message that he will leave the Senate and “travel around the country and speak, to see if there is interest in creating a movement to mobilize the center and bring northerners Americans”. together”.
Not only will his departure mean an even tenuous grip on the Senate majority for his party, but the apparent mystery behind his next move is puzzling Democrats over a possible third-party presidential bid. His past collaboration with the political group No Labels only adds to the intrigue the lawmaker created with his announcement and an op-ed published Thursday in The Wall Street Journal.
“This moment in the nation’s history is so fraught with danger and political dysfunction that I want to work not just for my beloved West Virginia, but for all Americans,” said Manchin, a former West Virginia governor. . “Working together, I want to remove what stands in the way of so many obvious and popular solutions. While the Democratic and Republican parties increasingly cater to the extremes, the majority of Americans are moderate, sane people, and they are completely exhausted.”
“I will finish my term as I travel the country and speak to see if there is interest in building a movement to mobilize the center, find common ground and bring Americans together,” added the chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee of the Senate
The group No Labels, which is on the ballot in several states, issued a statement after Manchin’s announcement.
“Senator Joe Manchin is a tireless voice for the common sense majority of America and a longtime ally of the No Labels movement. The Senate will lose a great leader when he leaves, but we congratulate Senator Manchin for stepping up to lead a long-overdue national conversation about solving America’s biggest challenges, including inflation, an insecure border, out-of-control debt and growing threats from abroad,” the statement said.
“On our No Labels Unity presidential ticket, we are gathering input from our members across the country to understand the type of leaders they would like to see in the White House. As we have said from the beginning, we will make a decision in early 2024 on whether we will nominate a Unity presidential ticket and who will be on it,” the group added.
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— No Labels (@NoLabelsOrg) November 9, 2023
Reporting on Manchin’s announcement, The New York Times pointed out has “fueled talk of a third-party run” while “his allies have been open about his plans”.
The left-leaning newspaper cited allies and critics as weighing Manchin’s potential bid for the White House, though he has not made that decision. Pointing to the “hundreds of millions of dollars to run a credible independent or third-party campaign,” the report also pointed to Manchin’s late start and 76-year-old age as factors that would stack the deck against him.
“If you see that Biden is still the Democratic nominee and Trump is the Republican nominee, I think you really see a large part of the American electorate, both Republican and Democratic, fed up with the candidates of both parties,” said former Rep. Nick Rahall, a fellow West Virginia Democrat, told The Times.
Meanwhile, another political action committee is also sounding the alarm since the senator’s announcement.
“If Joe Manchin runs on the No Labels ticket, he would be responsible for sending Donald Trump back to the White House,” said Rahna Epting, executive director of MoveOn Political Action. “Joe Manchin should set the record straight on whose side he’s on and reject any overture to the dangerous No Labels ploy.”
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