According to a Fox News report, Senator Joe Manchin won’t seek reelection in West Virginia but hasn’t ruled out a run at the Oval Office in 2024; he’s not ruling anything out.
Last week in a post on X, Manchin announced he wouldn’t run for reelection in 2024 and shared his desire to travel around the country to gauge “interest in creating a movement to mobilize the middle and bring Americans together.”
To the West Virginians who have put their trust in me and fought side by side to make our state better – it has been an honor of my life to serve you. Thank you. My statement on my political future: pic.twitter.com/dz8JuXAyTL
— Senator Joe Manchin (@Sen_JoeManchin) November 9, 2023
But he’s stopping short of any kind of POTUS announcement —and dodging the question when asked point blank.
“It’s not about me. It’s not about the next election. I keep telling people, this is a movement,” he told CBS News anchor Norah O’Donnell when asked directly about his presidential ambitions in a Tuesday interview.
When pressed, Manchin dodged the question again.
“I don’t know how to tell you. I don’t know what the future lies [sic]. I know we cannot continue [in] the direction we are going,” he said.
The West Virginia Democrat said he had “plenty of time” to make the decision.
“Only in America does the next election start the day after the last election. Most countries don’t have election a year ahead of time,” Manchin said. “I think there’s plenty of time, plenty of time. And especially if there’s a movement in the middle, there’s not a primary. It’ll be basically in the general election process.”
Watch the clip above. h/t Fox News.
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