Manchin's revenge tour -- against Dems [View all]

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https://punchbowl.news/article/senate/manchin-revenge/

Former Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) is out with a new book on Tuesday titled “Dead Center.” Manchin is doing a media blitz starting this morning and lasting throughout the week. This includes appearances on CBS, “The View,” Fox News, MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” CNN, plus lots and lots of podcasts.

We got an advance copy of Manchin’s book. In it, Manchin — a longtime Democrat who very publicly broke with his party before retiring last year — has a clear message he wants to get out: I didn’t leave the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party left me.

The 78-year-old Manchin, who briefly flirted with a presidential run last year, repeatedly bashes former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden, as well as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and the late Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Manchin even declared that he wanted Republicans to win the Senate majority in 2024 due to their support for maintaining the filibuster, saying it was “the only hope for preserving the Senate as an institution.”

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Manchin does slam President Donald Trump, former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Republicans, but his most biting criticisms — by far — are saved for his former party’s leaders:



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