{"id":2283443,"date":"2024-06-25T16:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T20:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-manchin-to-boost-republicans-with-donations-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-25T16:47:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T20:47:19","slug":"joe-manchin-to-boost-republicans-with-donations-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-manchin-to-boost-republicans-with-donations-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Manchin to boost Republicans with donations &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">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%2Fjoe-manchin-to-boost-republicans-with-donations-washington-examiner%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=2283443&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--><p>Senator Joe Manchin, formerly a Democrat and \u2063now an independent representing West Virginia, plans \u200bto support centrist \u2062candidates across <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> through his Country Roads PAC. His financial donations will initially support Senator\u200b Angus King (I-ME) and Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and \u2063Jared Golden (D-ME) \u200cwith contributions of $5,000 each. Manchin emphasizes these candidates&#8217; dedication to prioritizing \u2062the country&#8217;s \u2064needs over partisan \u2063politics. \u2063He may \u200calso \u200dsupport Republican Rep. John Curtis (UT) and Democrat John Avlon from New\u2063 York \u200cif they win their primaries. In his \u200cefforts to promote bipartisanship, Manchin has previously endorsed Republican \u200cSenators\u2062 like Susan Collins (ME) and Lisa\u2064 Murkowski (AK). Through \u2063these actions, he aims to encourage changes in a system he views\u200b as broken by supporting those willing to collaborate across party lines.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-manchin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Manchin\">Joe Manchin<\/a> (I-WV), the Democrat-turned-independent, is ready to put his money where his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3024128\/joe-manchin-leaves-democratic-party-and-registers-as-independent-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"party affiliation\">party affiliation<\/a> is.<\/p>\n<p>The retiring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/west-virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"West Virginia\">West Virginia<\/a> senator will begin breaking out his checkbook for more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-jailed-over-islamist-killing-of-french-catholic-priest-during-mass\/\" title=\"Four Jailed Over Islamist Killing of French Catholic Priest During Mass\">centrist candidates<\/a>, including Republicans, through his Country Roads PAC.<\/p>\n<p>The most immediate beneficiaries of Manchin\u2019s latest endeavor will include $5,000 to Sen. Angus King (I-ME) and Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Jared Golden (D-ME). <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBottom line: all three always <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catalina-lauf-on-challenging-anti-trump-rep-kinzinger-its-time\/\" title=\"Catalina Lauf on Challenging Anti-Trump Rep. Kinzinger: \u2018It\u2019s Time\u2019\">put country<\/a> over party,\u201d Manchin wrote in a CNN op-ed published Tuesday. \u201cThey don\u2019t care if it\u2019s a Democratic or Republican idea; they care if it\u2019s a solution for America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Others could later include Rep. John Curtis (R-UT) and New York Democratic congressional candidate and ex-CNN host John Avlon if the two men clinch their primaries Tuesday night, according to Jon Kott, a former Manchin staffer now at the PR firm Capitol Counsel who will run the newly configured multicandidate Country Roads PAC.<\/p>\n<p>Known for working across party lines and his distaste for a \u201cbroken\u201d two-party system, Manchin endorsed centrist GOP Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) when he was a Democrat. His Country Roads PAC gave $10,000 to Murkowski in 2022 during her reelection fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy financial donations will not level the playing field or fix our broken system,\u201d Manchin wrote in his op-ed. \u201cBut I believe they send an important message to voters, donors and companies that we all can and should do our part to change the system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manchin said he would prop up those \u201cwho are committed to working across the aisle to get stuff done, such as protecting the\u00a0filibuster\u00a0in the Senate, opposing efforts to undermine our democracy, publicly\u00a0breaking with the party establishment, putting country before party and doing the right thing for America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 76-year-old is not seeking reelection but fueled speculation of a third-party run for other offices in ruby-red West Virginia when he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3024128\/joe-manchin-leaves-democratic-party-and-registers-as-independent-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"left the Democratic Party\">left the Democratic Party<\/a> in May to become an independent. Manchin, chairman of the Senate Energy Committee, still caucuses with Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>He has been adamant that he has \u201cno intentions of running for political office\u201d and that the party switch came ahead of plans to get more involved in his daughter\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-manchin-closes-door-on-running-for-political-office-despite-switch-to-independent\/\" title=\"Joe Manchin Rules Out Future Political Runs Despite Party Change\">nonprofit centrist political group<\/a>, Americans Together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou never close any doors,\u201d Manchin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3026962\/manchin-closes-door-running-office-despite-switch-independent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told the Washington Examiner\">told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em><\/a>  this month. \u201cI understand that too. I\u2019ve been around for a long time, and you never say never because you never know, especially in the toxic political world that we live in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For someone who will retire from Congress in January, Manchin has deep campaign coffers that could prop up candidates for years to come without doing any additional fundraising.<\/p>\n<p>Country Roads PAC had nearly $1.2 million cash on hand as of March 31, according to the most recent federal campaign finance records. His personal fundraising totals almost $8.5 million, and it is unclear how Manchin may utilize the funds.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV), formerly a Democrat, is financially supporting centrist candidates, including Republicans, via his Country Roads PAC. The retiring senator&#8217;s initial donations include $5,000 to Sen. Angus King (I-ME)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3253,"featured_media":2283444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/manchin-to-donate-to-republicans.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4303,32696,3756,32076],"class_list":["post-2283443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-donations","tag-joe-manchin","tag-republicans","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/manchin-to-donate-to-republicans.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2283443","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\/3253"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2283443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2283443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2283444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2283443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2283443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2283443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}