Joe Manchin Not Running for President in 2024
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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said he would not seek a third-party run for president in 2024, ending months of speculation.
Key Quote: “I will not be seeking a third-party run. I will not be involved in a presidential run,” the centrist senator said in a speech at West Virginia University, adding, “I am not going to be a deal breaker, if you will, a spoiler.”
For Context: Manchin’s remarks were an apparent break from his comments a day earlier, when he floated Sens. Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Rob Portman (R-OH) as running mates in a hypothetical presidential campaign. Manchin was in West Virginia touring with his daughter's campaign group “Americans Together,” which seeks to support the “moderate majority” and reject “extremism in politics.” Manchin previously frustrated congressional Democrats early in President Joe Biden’s term by insisting on more moderate versions of Biden’s legislative proposals.
How the Media Covered It: Coverage was widespread and relatively straightforward across the spectrum Friday morning. The New Republic (Left bias) stood out by highlighting that Manchin’s concern about being a “spoiler” was “exactly what everyone had been warning him about for the last year.”
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West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin announced Friday that he will not mount a 2024 campaign for president.
“I will not be seeking a third-party run. I will not be involved in a presidential run,” the retiring Democratic senator said in a speech at West Virginia University in Morgantown.
Manchin has been on a national listening tour as he weighed jumping in as a third-party presidential candidate, potentially on the No Labels ticket. He has criticized President Joe Biden for being too liberal but also said that he would refuse to be part of any effort...
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Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a 76-year-old centrist Democrat, said on Friday that he won’t run for president, ending months of speculation over whether he would mount a long-shot bid for the White House this year.
“I will not be seeking a third-party run, I will not be involved in a presidential run…I just don’t think it’s the right time,” he said.
Manchin, who isn’t running for re-election in the Senate, has participated in events hosted by No Labels, a group that is laying the groundwork to potentially run an alternative candidate if the 2024...
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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., announced Friday that he will not be running for president, shooting down months of speculation that he would join the race on a third party ticket.
"I will not be seeking a third party run, I will not be involved in a presidential run," Manchin said.
Manchin made the announcement during a speech at West Virginia University as part of his "listening tour" that kicked off last month with his daughter's campaign group "Americans Together" — a movement that touts itself as the "moderate majority" that rejects...
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