Sen. Joe Manchin calls on Biden to step aside, pass torch to 'a new generation'

Sen. Joe Manchin, an independent from West Virginia, said Sunday it's time for President Biden to step aside as a presidential candidate and "pass the torch to a new generation."

Manchin changed his party registration from Democrat to independent this year, though he still caucuses with the Democrats in the Senate. Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on Twitter: @danimwallace. 

ABC host Martha Raddatz asked Manchin directly if he believes Biden should step aside as the Democratic nominee. Manchin said Biden "has the ability for the last five months of his presidency to be the president he always wanted to be, be able to unite the country, bring it back together, to be able to maybe spend all of his time on solving the problems in Gaza, bringing peace to Gaza and to the Middle East."