Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) denied claims that he will be leaving the Democratic Party after an unsourced report from left-wing Mother Jones said he considering departing the party unless the White House agreed to reduce spending on the proposed $3.5 trillion social welfare bill. “I have no control over the rumors,” he told reporters on Wednesday in response to questions about leaving the party. “We’re friends … it’s [expletive].” Manchin, while speaking to The Hill while walking back to his office in the Senate building, also said, “I can’t control rumors and it’s [expletive], [expletive],” raising his voice. According to the Mother Jones report, penned by longtime editor David Corn, Manchin allegedly told “associates” that he devised a detailed exit strategy for his departure” from the Democratic Party. He would then declare himself an “American Independent,” the publication reported, without offering any named sources for the claim. It also alleged Manchin, …