Joe Manchin announces he won’t run for president, ending months of speculation

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Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) announced Friday that he will not run for president after months of flirting with a campaign that could have complicated the 2024 race for the White House.

Manchin said during a speech in West Virginia he “will not be involved in a presidential run” as he continues to focus on other ways to bring a divided country together. He also said he did not want to play the role of a spoiler as President Biden nears a likely rematch with former president Donald Trump.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/16/manchin-not-running-for-president/

Thus ends Manchin's career in politics.
 
BidenPresident said:
Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) announced Friday that he will not run for president after months of flirting with a campaign that could have complicated the 2024 race for the White House.

Manchin said during a speech in West Virginia he “will not be involved in a presidential run” as he continues to focus on other ways to bring a divided country together. He also said he did not want to play the role of a spoiler as President Biden nears a likely rematch with former president Donald Trump.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/16/manchin-not-running-for-president/

Thus ends Manchin's career in politics.
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This is regrettable.
 
BidenPresident said:
Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) announced Friday that he will not run for president after months of flirting with a campaign that could have complicated the 2024 race for the White House.

Manchin said during a speech in West Virginia he “will not be involved in a presidential run” as he continues to focus on other ways to bring a divided country together. He also said he did not want to play the role of a spoiler as President Biden nears a likely rematch with former president Donald Trump.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/16/manchin-not-running-for-president/

Thus ends Manchin's career in politics.
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I have to respect Manchin for admitting his reason for not running.

He obviously knows how serious it is for the Democrats to win this next election to save the country.

Most ex-career Legislators end up working for their Party Convention in some way, or enters into the LOBBY WORLD.

Since he is now an admitted Independent, I do not see him working for the Democratic Convention.
 
Geeko Sportivo said:
I have to respect Manchin for admitting his reason for not running.

He obviously knows how serious it is for the Democrats to win this next election to save the country.

Most ex-career Legislators end up working for their Party Convention in some way, or enters into the LOBBY WORLD.

Since he is now an admitted Independent, I do not see him working for the Democratic Convention.
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It was the right decision, and Manchin got to grab attention for a few months while he was pretending to consider a run. He knows it would hand Trump the White House.
 
Concart said:
It was the right decision, and Manchin got to grab attention for a few months while he was pretending to consider a run. He knows it would hand Trump the White House.
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One good thing about Manchin leaving Congress.

That puts us 1 man closer to getting the filibuster rule overruled.
 
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