Joe Manchin calls Democratic Party ‘toxic,’ blames progressives
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Sen. Joe Manchin, I-W.V., blamed progressives for turning the Democratic Party "toxic" as he prepares to retire from the Senate at the end of this term.
"The D-brand has been so maligned from the standpoint of, it’s just, it’s toxic," Manchin said, adding that he left the party because he no longer considered himself a Democrat "in the form of what Democratic Party has turned itself into."
Manchin blamed progressive lawmakers for shifting the party’s brand away from issues such as ensuring good jobs and good pay for Americans to instead focus more on sensitive social issues like transgender rights and telling Americans what they can or cannot do.
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