West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin said he still considers himself a Democrat even after he defied his party by torpedoing a key piece of President Joe Biden's domestic agenda.
In a wide-ranging interview with West Virginia Radio, Manchin, a moderate and key swing vote in the Senate, was asked whether there is still a place for him in the party, to which he replied,"Well, I think." "I would like to hope that there are still Democrats that feel like I do. ... I'm socially -- I'm fiscally responsible and socially compassionate," he said."Now, if there's no Democrats like that, then they'll have to push me wherever they want me.
"The White House's handling of their negotiations was"so staff-driven," Manchin said, adding that"I understand staff is not the President. This is staff. And they drove some things and they put some things out that were absolutely inexcusable. They know what it is and that's it.
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