Sen. Joe Manchin III on Tuesday mentioned he’s hitting the street to see if a “movement” desires him to run for president in 2024 as a third-party candidate.
“I start in January. I’ll be two months on the road, and all we’re trying to do is mobilize people like myself who feel like they’re homeless, politically homeless,” Mr. Manchin mentioned at The Wall Street Journal CEO Council Summit. “I don’t recognize the Democratic Party, and I have a D by my name. I have a lot of Republicans that don’t recognize the Republican Party that have Rs by their name.”
“I don’t know if there’s a movement,” the West Virginia Democrat mentioned. “I really don’t.”
Mr. Manchin introduced final month that he wouldn’t search reelection for his Senate seat. He has mentioned he would take into account a third-party bid provided that he may win.
He mentioned on the summit that he wouldn’t weigh in on what his political future holds.
“I have not made any of those predictions, and the reason I won’t make a prediction, what I can tell you is: There might be a movement, there might not. That depends. I really don’t know,” he mentioned. “I will not be a spoiler. I’ve never been a spoiler in anything. I get into something, I get in to win.”
He mentioned former President Donald Trump would “break” the system if he’s reelected since he “shook it up” the primary time. He added that President Biden must “wake up” as a result of he’s gone too far to the political left.
“It’s a hell of a conundrum we’re in,” he mentioned.
The West Virginia lawmaker mentioned he appreciated the group No Labels, which has been seeking to get a third-party candidate on the poll, as a result of it provides an setting the place “you can sit down and meet people on the other side and have an adult conversation.”
