Re: 'The View' hosts worry that 'problem child' for Democrats Joe Manchin will run third party, sink Biden in 2024

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On 30 Nov 2019, Petulant Pumpkin Prison Bitch In Chief
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> Biden and the black whore need to go down. Way down. All the way to
> Russia where their loyalties are.

The hosts of "The View" on ABC debated whether Sen. Joe Manchin,
D-W.Va., could potentially run as a third-party candidate for the 2024
presidential election and help President Trump get re-elected.

Manchin announced on Thursday he would not seek re-election to the
Senate. "I’ve made one of the toughest decisions in my life and decided
that I will not be running for re-election to the United States Senate.
But what I will be doing is traveling the country and speaking out to
see if there is an interest in creating a movement to mobilize the
middle, and bring Americans together. We need to take back America and
not let this divisive hatred further pull us apart."

Multiple co-hosts of "The View" fretted about him doing so, with some
speculating he would join the No Labels movement.

Co-host Joy Behar noted that Manchin "has a lot of people wondering if
power in D.C. will shift for the right, because yesterday he announced
he will end his run as the Senate’s worst Democrat," adding that he was
"right up there with Kyrsten Sinema."

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"So we're gonna lose the Senate because of this?" Behar asked.

"Very likely," co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin replied, before later noting
it "seemed like Joe Manchin was hinting at potentially a third-party
bid. People have wondered if he'd jump into the No Labels kinda
discussion. I’ve been largely critical of No Labels because my fear is
that, A, it would end up boosting Trump, getting more supporters to him,
but also I think for a third party, which we need in this country to
come about, it’s going to take years not one cycle."

She did argue, however, that she is "warming" to certain aspects of the
idea in theory and likes many of the candidates associated with the
movement to the point she is "willing to hear what they have to say, but
I worry that it could end up boosting the more dangerous candidate."

Co-host Sunny Hostin said she wasn't sure if a third party candidate
"has ever been successful other than in drawing votes away" from either
of the larger parties as others recalled names like Ralph Nader and Jill
Stein. She then argued, "I think it’s a bad idea, I think it's a much
better idea to have a healthier Republican Party that is not led by
Donald Trump. I think it's time for Republicans that are moderate and
that are sophisticated to step up and denounce Trump and I think that
would solve the problem much more so than this No Label Party."

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Co-host Ana Navarro argued that Joe Manchin has "been a problem child
for Democrats for the last few years, he and Kyrsten Sinema, but he's
been part of the family and he's kept them in the majority, so he's
played a very important role."

However, she contested that his potential run would be a disaster for
Democrats.

She added that while she initially liked the No Labels movement, "This
thing to me is a desperate cry for relevance and attention by a bunch of
elitist former ‘something’ who are thirsty to be part of the
conversation." She then proposed that she would ask Manchin, "Are you
willing to be responsible for putting Donald Trump back in the White
House? The man who’s been a threat to democracy, a threat to American
values, who led an insurrection? Are you willing to be part of something
that may end up putting that man who should be nowhere near the Oval
Office, he should be in a jail cell."

Sara Haines argued that even if she likes the No Labels Party in theory
and as a future prospect with potential, "I don't think that it's right
for this election because of the risk of running against Donald Trump."

Griffin claimed that she had spoken to "folks involved with No Labels
who have said that if they see polling well into this that shows it's
just going to be a boon for Trump, they would end up pulling their names
off the ballot."

Behar rejected the idea that this would be the "death knell for
Democrats," citing election results earlier in the week which "show
voters are much more motivated by issues like keeping abortion rights
safe," warning them against forgetting the potential electoral
consequences of Trump's involvement in the end of Roe v. Wade.

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e-manchin-run-third-party-sink-biden