EXCLUSIVE — Former Sen. Joe Manchin, the Democrat-turned-independent from West Virginia, wants to see Republicans retain control of the Senate in November “for the simple reason that they have committed to protecting the filibuster.”
In a Saturday phone interview with the Washington Examiner, Manchin said that Republicans were “holding the line” despite the withering pressure they’ve received from President Donald Trump and the conservative grassroots to do away with the 60-vote threshold that forces bipartisan cooperation in the Senate.
Manchin, a lifelong Democrat until he left the party in 2024, stressed that his comments were not about supporting GOP politics, and he offered a qualifier to his statement: If Democrats would commit to preserving the filibuster, he would reconsider.
But Manchin also said that Democrats already “folded” under similar circumstances when they held the majority, noting that he and former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema were the only Democrats blocking a vote to sidestep
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