Debate Fallout!

MANCHIN ON THE HILL: West Virginia Senator Stopped From Calling on Biden to Step Down; Report

posted by Hannity Staff - 7.03.24

According to a New York Post report, top Democrats prevented Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV) from calling on President Biden to step aside this week as debate fallout continues.

A growing number of White House officials say they are “freaking the f–k out,” according to reports.

From The New York Post:

The West Virginia senator — who recently left the Democratic Party and slammed the “partisan extremism” in politics — had let slip to allies that he was going to use a TV news appearance on Sunday to demand the 81-year-old president throw in his re-election campaign, the Washington Post reported, citing multiple sources.

But senior Democrats quickly assembled a “full-court press” as they scrambled to prevent him from becoming the first prominent elected official allied to the party to break from Biden, the sources said.

Manchin, who still caucuses with the Democratic Party, eventually relented and backed out of the scheduled appearance, according to the insiders.

“Nobody wants to be the first one to knife Julius Caesar,” one party official said.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was among those who spoke to Manchin via phone over the weekend. One source, however, insisted the pair only spoke after Manchin had already decided not to show his face on TV.

“Joe Manchin talks to lots of people because he wants to get different views and political perspectives,” Manchin senior political adviser Jonathan Kott said in a statement following the reports.

“When he has something to say, you’ll hear it directly from him, and trust me, there’s nobody that can talk him out of speaking his mind.”

More over at The New York Post:

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