Joe Manchin wants to make being an Independent cool again
Everyone's favorite professional fence-sitter Joe Manchin has a new mission in life, and it involves getting other politicians to ditch their party labels.
After decades as a Democrat, former West Virginia senator Joe Manchin registered as an independent a couple of years ago. Now he has decided that isn't enough, and he wants to build a whole fast track to get other Democrats and Republicans to do the exact same thing.
He is actively trying to create a roadmap for politicians in both major parties to drop their party affiliations and run as Independents. Watching Congress stall out every single week apparently gave him the idea that what Capitol Hill really needs is a caucus of people who refuse to pick a side until the very last second.
It turns out that quitting a political party is a lot easier when someone has already spent years driving both sides completely insane.
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