Sen. Joe Manchin\u2002(D-W.Va.) attacked President Biden in a vow to mobilize the \u201cradical middle.\u201d
\u201cJoe Biden\u2002has been pulled so far to the left, the extreme left, as far as liberal,\u201d Manchin told radio host John Catsimatidis\u2002in a Sunday interview on \u201cThe Cats Roundtable\u201d on WABC 770 AM. \u201cMakes no sense at all. It\u2019s not the person we thought was gonna bring the country together.\u201d
\u201cWashington wants you and I to be divided, and the rest of America to be divided because it\u2019s a better business model for \u2019em,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, I came to the conclusion I can\u2019t change \u2014 I\u2019ve been here 13 years. I\u2019m not going to change it from within. And I\u2019ve decide[d] to go around and see if I can mobilize the radical middle.\u201d
Last week, Manchin said he wouldn\u2019t seek reelection to the Senate, and he noted he \u201cabsolutely\u201d would think about a run for the presidency in an interview that aired Wednesday.
\u201cI will do anything I can to help my country, and you\u2019re saying, \u2018Does that mean you would consider it?\u2019 Absolutely. Every American should consider it if they\u2019re in a position to help save the country,\u201d Manchin told NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press\u201d host Kristen Welker.
Manchin has also said he\u2019s considering leaving the Democratic party.
\u201cThe business of politics has gotten so big because the business model is a Democrat business and a Republican business, and it\u2019s really forgotten about the people to a certain extent,\u201d Manchin said in a CNN interview Wednesday.
\u201cAll they want is 51 or greater to be the majority, and then they do so much damage trying to get there,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n