Sen. Joe Manchin III declined to reply reporters’ questions Monday about whether or not he was nonetheless contemplating an impartial, third-party presidential run towards President Biden.
The conservative Democrat from West Virginia revealed final week that he won’t search re-election in 2024, dealing a serious blow to his social gathering’s hopes of sustaining its slender one-seat majority within the Senate.
Mr. Manchin’s retirement announcement quipped that his political future entailed “touring the nation and talking out to see if there’s an curiosity in making a motion to mobilize the center and produce People collectively.”
Requested Monday if the White Home supply was nonetheless on the desk, Manchin advised reporters he was as an alternative targeted on avoiding a authorities shutdown as Congress approaches a Friday deadline to go a stopgap funding measure.
