Manchin on supporting socialist candidate with ‘good ideas’: ‘Are you crazy?’
- Former West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin rejected supporting any self-described socialist candidates ahead of the midterm elections, calling their ideas 'crazy' but expressing openness to supporting good ideas from them.
- Manchin criticized socialist platforms for wanting to dismantle key government structures and opposed their stances like eliminating police, emphasizing the need for law enforcement and strong defense and border security.
- Several openly socialist candidates have won Democratic primaries nationwide, with some rising in prominence such as New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
- A July Fox News poll showed 52% of Democrats had a favorable opinion of socialism, with favorable views among all registered voters rising from 27% to 30%, indicating increasing interest in socialist ideas.
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‘No Way, My God, No’: Joe Manchin Blasts Socialist Candidates And 'Crazy' Platform - Tampa Free Press
Former Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV) on Sunday ruled out supporting any socialist candidate during an appearance on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” pointing to what he described as extreme policy proposals within the movement. Host Margaret Brennan asked Manchin if he would ever consider backing a socialist candidate. “No way, my God, no,” Manchin said. […] ‘No Way, My God, No’: Joe Manchin Blasts Socialist Candidates And ‘Crazy’ Platform
Democrat Joe Manchin Blasts Socialist Takeover, Signals Coming War within Party
Political parties have always bickered internally. That’s unavoidable in a republic this large and this opinionated. But there’s a Grand Canyon–sized difference between squabbling over tax brackets and questioning whether the United States Senate should continue to exist. The Democrat Party isn’t just having a disagreement anymore. It’s having an identity collapse. For decades, moderate...
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