{"id":1975830,"date":"2023-07-18T04:22:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T08:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-reveals-his-thoughts-on-2024-presidential-bid-at-no-labels-new-hampshire-town-hall\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T04:25:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T08:25:58","slug":"manchin-reveals-his-thoughts-on-2024-presidential-bid-at-no-labels-new-hampshire-town-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-reveals-his-thoughts-on-2024-presidential-bid-at-no-labels-new-hampshire-town-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchin shares 2024 presidential bid views at No Labels&#8217; NH event."},"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\">22<\/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-reveals-his-thoughts-on-2024-presidential-bid-at-no-labels-new-hampshire-town-hall%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=1975830&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--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div \u200bclass=\"aplayer_app\"\u2062 data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0718\/d21e9d7e-4603-48d4-ba1c-1b926d715400\/audio.mp3?length=6395949&#038;duration=533\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Speculation is swirling\u200c around Senator Joe\u200c Manchin \u2064(D-W.Va.) as\u200c rumors of a \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-reveals-his-thoughts-on-2024-presidential-bid-at-no-labels-new-hampshire-town-hall\/\" title=\"Manchin shares 2024 presidential bid views at No Labels' NH event.\">potential presidential bid gain traction<\/a>. However, \u200bduring his \u2062keynote speech \u2063at No \u200cLabels&#8217; Common Sense Town\u2063 Hall on July \u200c17, \u200cManchin chose \u200cnot to reveal his future plans.<\/p>\n<p>The event, held at Saint Anselm\u2062 College\u200b in New\u2064 Hampshire, featured former Utah\u200c governor \u200band Republican \u200cpresidential candidate Jon Huntsman alongside\u200c Manchin. No Labels, a bipartisan organization that supports centrist candidates from both \u200dparties, appointed Manchin as the Democratic co-chair \u2064and Huntsman as the\u2064 Republican \u2063co-chair.<\/p>\n<p>No Labels\u200b promoted the\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">town hall<\/a> \u200bas the release of its Common \u200cSense\u200c policy\u2064 booklet, which outlines the\u200c organization&#8217;s platform. Observers \u200chave speculated whether Manchin and Huntsman&#8217;s joint appearance in a \u200dstate\u2064 that traditionally kicks off \u200dthe presidential \u2063primary season \u2064suggests a potential No Labels\u200c 2024 presidential \u200bticket.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5403665\" style=\"width: 640px\"\u2062 class=\"wp-caption\u2062 aligncenter\">\n\t\t<a\u200b href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/07\/17\/id5403665-Joe-Manchin-GettyImages-1534555413-1200x785.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n\t\tSen.\u200c Joe \u200dManchin\u200b (D-West Va.) \u200bspeaks \u200dduring the\u2062 Senate Appropriations Committee \u2063hearing on the\u2063 Special\u200d Diabetes Program in Washington on\u200b July 11, 2023.\u200c (Jemal Countess\/Getty\u2063 Images\u2063 for \u200bJDRF)<br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;I think people\u200c are getting ahead \u2062of themselves,&#8221; \u200bManchin \u200btold moderator Kevin Cirilli. \u2064&#8221;Our\u2064 goal is to provide the \u2062American\u200d people with an alternative, \u2063to move the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-happening-pennsylvania-state-legislature-files-resolution-disputes-statewide-2020-election-results\/\" title=\"It's Happening: Pennsylvania State Legislature Files Resolution -- DISPUTES STATEWIDE 2020 ELECTION RESULTS\">political parties<\/a>\u2062 away from their extreme positions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Both the \u2064Democratic and\u2062 Republican parties have veered too far to the \u200bright and \u2064left,&#8221; Manchin added. &#8220;That&#8217;s not who\u2063 we \u200care, that&#8217;s \u200bnot our roots,\u200b and \u2063it&#8217;s\u2064 not what the\u200d people want.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According\u200c to \u2063Manchin, \u2063the\u2064 current &#8220;business model&#8221; of the two major parties thrives\u200d on division rather than unity. \u2063He \u200dexpressed\u200c his determination to \u200dchange \u2062that dynamic.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;Trying to\u200d Save the Nation&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>During the town hall, \u2063Manchin emphasized, &#8220;I&#8217;m not here \u2064tonight to run for \u200cpresident. \u200bI&#8217;m\u2064 here\u200c because I&#8217;m deeply \u2064concerned about\u2062 saving \u2062our nation.\u200b I&#8217;ve \u2064never been more worried in my life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When \u200basked if his potential\u200b candidacy would \u200bact as a spoiler in \u200cthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youre-fired-desantis-echoes-trump-shakes-up-campaign-staff-amid-poor-polls-and-cash-burn-through\/\" title=\"DeSantis echoes Trump, shakes up campaign staff due to poor polls and cash burn. You're fired!\">presidential\u2064 race<\/a>, Manchin replied, &#8220;I&#8217;ve never entered a race to spoil it. \u2064I\u2062 enter races to \u2064win, and \u200bif I \u2064decide \u2062to run, \u2063I will win. However, I\u2062 haven&#8217;t made\u2063 a decision yet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>No Labels\u2062 introduced\u200c its &#8220;Insurance Policy \u200c2024&#8221; \u2063earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Former \u200cSenator Joe Lieberman (I- \u200cCt.) spoke\u200d at \u2063the town\u2063 hall \u2063before Manchin and Huntsman\u200b took\u2064 the \u2062stage. He explained that\u200c No\u200b Labels \u2064aims\u200c to reunite political parties, end partisanship \u2063and incivility,\u200c and \u200doffer\u200c fresh ideas.<\/p>\n<p>President \u200cJoe Biden, facing\u200d low \u2063approval ratings and dissatisfaction with the economy, is\u2064 seeking\u2062 a \u2064second term. \u2062Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is \u200dchallenging him\u200b for\u2062 the\u200b Democratic \u200dparty nomination. Earlier this year, the Democratic National Committee pledged \u2063full\u200d support\u2062 to \u200dBiden.<\/p>\n<p>Former President\u200c Donald Trump currently leads \u2064the \u2064crowded \u200dfield of Republican candidates in the \u200bpolls.<\/p>\n<p>If \u200dthere is a rematch between Biden and \u2063Trump\u2063 in 2024, No\u2063 Labels has\u200b indicated\u2064 it could\u200b present\u2063 an\u200d alternative option.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If \u2064we end up\u2062 with \u2063the same\u2062 nominees\u200b in 2024 as\u2062 we did in \u200d2020,\u2063 is \u2064that not the\u200c definition of insanity?&#8221; Huntsman questioned. He\u200c pointed out that 67\u2064 percent of Americans \u2063do \u200cnot want\u200d a Biden-Trump \u200brematch.<\/p>\n<p>No \u200dLabels is focused on gaining\u200d ballot\u200c access\u200d in all 50 states to potentially\u2064 field a third-party \u200bpresidential\u2063 ticket \u200bin 2024. However, this \u2062initiative \u200cis being challenged by both \u2062Democrats and Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have volunteers signing up\u200b people everywhere. Unfortunately, some Washington operatives\u2062 want to \u200bmaintain the status \u2062quo and hinder our efforts,&#8221; said No Labels national co-chair Pat McCrory, \u200ba former\u2064 Republican governor of\u200c North Carolina. &#8220;We \u2062will present\u200c a\u2064 president and vice\u2063 president \u2062candidate on \u200da No Labels ticket, but only if\u200d we see a viable \u2063opportunity \u2064to\u200d win.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>No Labels officials have stated that they will not\u200d decide on a &#8220;unity ticket&#8221; consisting of one Democrat \u2064and\u200c one \u200cRepublican until \u2063the \u200dperiod between the Super Tuesday primaries in March 2024 and\u200b their \u200bconvention \u2063in \u2064Dallas a month later.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The center needs a \u200cvoice \u2063in this \u200ccountry,&#8221; said Nancy Jacobson, one\u200b of \u2064No \u2064Labels&#8217;\u200b founders \u200cand the organization&#8217;s CEO.<\/p>\n<p>Huntsman, who also served \u2064as the U.S. ambassador to China and Russia, criticized Democrats&#8217; \u200cclaims that a third<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/software-legend-murder-suspect-john-mcafees-corpse-still-in-morgue-year-after-alleged-suicide\/\" title=\"Software Legend, Murder Suspect John McAfee\u2019s Corpse Still In Morgue Year After Alleged Suicide\">-party ticket<\/a> would \u200dlead to another\u2063 Trump\u2064 presidency, comparing \u2063it \u2062to authoritarian regimes that \u2062restrict\u200d choice.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When\u2062 I hear \u200cpeople\u2064 say, &#8216;We shouldn&#8217;t expand and enhance our\u200b participation in \u2062the system \u200dbecause it might result in A, B, or C winning \u2062or\u2064 losing,&#8217; I say,\u200d &#8216;I&#8217;ve heard that \u200cbefore, but not \u2063in this\u200b country.&#8217;\u200d Here, \u200cwe embrace choice and diversity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With rumors swirling about his potential presidential campaign, Sen. 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