Sen. Chris Murphy says Joe Manchin third-party run would benefit Biden and hurt Trump

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said Sunday he believes that a third-party presidential run by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) in 2024 would take more voters from former President Donald Trump than from President Joe Biden. In an on NBC News’s “Meet The Press,” Murphy touched on topics ranging from the need to avoid a government shut-down amid international crises to his confidence in the Democratic party. He also said he thinks Manchin would pull more votes from Trump than from Biden with a hypothetical third-party run in 2024. Manchin this week...