Not only is Sen. Joe Manchin III actively considering challenging President Biden as an independent, he is also striking at Biden’s reelection message that casts today’s GOP as radically different from Democrats and even from its traditional self.
in 2020. Still, Manchin has repeatedly overcome tough odds in West Virginia, serving in the U.S. Senate since 2010 and as governor before that.It may be no accident that Monday’s town hall, where Manchin appeared alongside former Utah governor Jon Huntsman Jr. , was in New Hampshire, which has historically played a crucial role in presidential nominating contests.
But Roland Shrull, 72, who attended Monday’s event and voted for Biden in 2020, seemed receptive to the message undergirding No Labels’s efforts, even as he acknowledged the risks of supporting a third-party candidate. “When I start hearing people here say, ‘That’s not a good thing, we shouldn’t do things to expand and enhance our participation in the system because it might result in A, B or C winning or losing,’ I say, ‘I’ve heard that before, but not in this country. Here we do it differently,’” he said to a round of applause.
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