West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin announced on Thursday that he would not be seeking reelection and instead hinted that he might make a third-party run for president. The liberal ladies of ABC’s The View took the possibility very seriously on Friday and openly worried about how Manchin could hurt President Biden’s reelection chances, and how he was always the “problem child” in the Democratic Party.
“So, politically now, we have to talk because Senator Joe Manchin – remember him from West Virginia?” Friday moderator Joy Behar asked as if he was a nobody. “He has a lot of people wondering if power in D.C. will shift for the right because yesterday he announced he’s going to end his tenure as the Senate's worst Democrat. He’s right there with that other – Kristen [sic] [Kyrsten] Sinema.” she announced.
Following an edited soundbite of Manchin’s announcement video, Behar huffed about Democrats losing the Senate to faux-conservative Alyssa Farah Griffin.
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