{"id":1861769,"date":"2023-02-27T08:34:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T13:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1861769"},"modified":"2023-02-27T08:40:58","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T13:40:58","slug":"senator-joe-manchin-raises-eyebrows-when-hes-asked-about-what-political-party-he-belongs-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-joe-manchin-raises-eyebrows-when-hes-asked-about-what-political-party-he-belongs-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Joe Manchin Raises Eyebrows When He\u2019s Asked About What Political Party He Belongs To"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenator-joe-manchin-raises-eyebrows-when-hes-asked-about-what-political-party-he-belongs-to%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1861769&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>When asked about the matter, Sen. Joe Manchin (D.W.Va) refused to identify himself as a Democrat in an interview this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin appeared on Fox News&#8217;s Sunday interview with Maria Bartiromo &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My main concern is how do we bring this country together? How do we make it work?&#8221; Manchin answered a question about the possibility of running for president. &#8220;How do we make Democrats, Republicans become Americans again, and not just party affiliates?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Do you still identify as a Democrat?&#8221; Bartiromo asked Manchin repeatedly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I identify as an American,&#8221; Manchin was receptive. &#8220;I&#8217;m an American through and through.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>During an interview on NBC News last month, Manchin refused to answer whether he would be seeking re-election as a Democrat.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you run for office in 2024, are you going to run as a Democrat?&#8221; Chuck Todd, host, asked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I haven&#8217;t made a decision what I&#8217;m going to do in 2024,&#8221; Manchin was receptive. &#8220;I&#8217;ve got two years ahead of me now to do the best I can for the state and for my country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Manchin &#8220;everything&#8217;s on the table&#8221; In terms of his political future.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So everything on the table, there&#8217;s basically only one other thing: the presidency,&#8221; Todd stated. &#8220;Is that something you would do outside the Democratic Party if you could?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The only thing I can tell you is what I will do is whatever I can when I make my decision, what I think is the best that I can support and represent the people of West Virginia, but also be true to this country and the Constitution of this country,&#8221; Manchin was receptive. &#8220;I&#8217;m telling you that I&#8217;m going to do everything I can to make sure that when I make my decision, I make it based on what&#8217;s best, what I think I can do to support the best for my country and my state.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83e\udd14 Joe Manchin has been considering resigning his Senate seat in order for him to run as President.https:\/\/t.co\/yBQfAgbFVJ&#8221;>pic.twitter.com\/yBQfAgbFVJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Berg (@MikeKBerg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeKBerg\/status\/1617187292254277632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 22, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cruz-and-manchin-join-forces-to-prohibit-bans-on-gas-stoves\">Cruz and Manchin Team Up To Prohibit Gas Stove Bans<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) declined to call himself a Democrat during an interview over the weekend when pressed on the matter. Manchin participated in a Sunday interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox News\u2019s \u201cSunday Morning Futures.\u201d \u201cMy main concern is how do we bring this country together? How do we make it work?\u201d Manchin said &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":1861772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[17032,18807,5599,7189,4426,4787,3753,4224,4012],"class_list":["post-1861769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-belongs","tag-eyebrows","tag-hes","tag-joe","tag-manchin","tag-party","tag-political","tag-raises","tag-senator"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1861769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1861769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1861769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1861772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1861769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1861769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1861769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}