Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said on Dec. 12 that he has no intention of leaving the Democratic Party “right now,” a week after Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) announced that she was rebranding herself as an Independent.
Sinema announced the decision to leave the party on Dec. 9, prompting speculation that her occasional ally and fellow swing vote Joe Manchin might soon follow suit.
Now, Manchin has answered this speculation, saying he has no intention of leaving the party immediately. However, he did not rule it out as a future possibility.
“I’ll look at all of these things, I’ve always looked all these things but I have no intention of doing anything right now,” Manchin told reporters on Dec. 12….