{"id":1862394,"date":"2023-02-27T14:50:39","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T19:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1862394"},"modified":"2023-02-27T14:51:19","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T19:51:19","slug":"manchin-refuses-to-identify-as-a-democrat-in-television-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-refuses-to-identify-as-a-democrat-in-television-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchin Refuses to Identify as a Democrat in Television Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fmanchin-refuses-to-identify-as-a-democrat-in-television-interview%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=1862394&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>\n<p>Fox News Sen. Joe Manchin (D. W.Va.), stated that he identified as an American.    <\/p>\n<p>Joe Manchin, a West Virginia senator refused to state whether he was still a Democrat on Sunday. This is a sign that the moderate self-described liberal is positioning himself for a reelection campaign in 2024.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I identify as an American,&#8221; Manchin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OOHV7ehZyhs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telled<\/a> Fox News was asked about his party affiliation. &#8220;I&#8217;m an American through and through.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He dodged questions about possible reelection bids, and stated that he was worried about how &#8220;we bring this country together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How do we make it work? How do we make Democrats, Republicans become Americans again, and not just party affiliates,&#8221; Manchin stated.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin&#8217;s reluctance as a Democrat to identify himself comes as the senator faces a potentially difficult reelection fight in 2024. In 2020, West Virginia voted in favor of Donald Trump by 39 points. Former Democrat, Governor Jim Justice, has teased a possible run for the Senate seat. His announcement was made last week. &#8220;real soon&#8221; And has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/jim-justice-dodges-if-challenge-manchin-for-senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/jim-justice-dodges-if-challenge-manchin-for-senate&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1677599610333000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3P26div8PEn8x1DSm3rVwX\">Telled<\/a> Reporters say he is optimistic about his chances.<\/p>\n<p>Justice&#8217;s approval rating in West Virginia, 64 percent, stands at 24 points <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/02\/05\/joe-manchin-jim-justice-polls-west-virginia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/02\/05\/joe-manchin-jim-justice-polls-west-virginia&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1677599610333000&#038;usg=AOvVaw32FU0lAigQDd5TsFHXTQ0r\">higher<\/a> Manchin&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin&#8217;s comments also come just months after Sen. Kyrsten Silena (Ariz.). <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/kyrsten-sinema-leaves-democratic-party-registers-as-independent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Left<\/a> The Democratic Party, Register as an Independent<\/p>\n<p>Although Manchin presented himself as a moderate senator, he was criticised for voting to pass the Inflation Reduction Act of the Biden administration, which primarily funds left-wing environmental projects.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats are facing a challenging 2024 Senate map and will need to defend 23 of the 11 seats they hold. Democrats Jon Tester &#038; Sherrod brown <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/02\/22\/2024s-sprawling-senate-map-comes-down-to-these-three-dems-00083975\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/02\/22\/2024s-sprawling-senate-map-comes-down-to-these-three-dems-00083975&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1677599610333000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2TL5kALJuYLBo9wf3ttj2i\">Face<\/a> Uphill battles in Montana, Ohio, and other states that are likely to go red in the presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats must also defend <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2023\/01\/democrats-enter-perilous-2024-senate-landscape.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2023\/01\/democrats-enter-perilous-2024-senate-landscape.html&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1677599610333000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1DbwrBRNYGDzSBB75zl49t\">Seats<\/a> States that elected President Joe Biden with small margins were Arizona, Nevada and Wisconsin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Virginia senator Joe Manchin on Sunday refused to say whether he still identifies as a Democrat, a sign the self-described moderate is positioning himself for a reelection bid in 2024.<br \/>\nThe post Manchin Refuses to Identify as a Democrat in Television Interview appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1613,"featured_media":1405158,"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":[544],"tags":[4912,5983,6234,4426,3768,9053],"class_list":["post-1862394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-democrat","tag-identify","tag-interview","tag-manchin","tag-refuses","tag-television"],"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\/1862394","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\/1613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1862394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1862394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1405158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1862394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1862394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1862394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}