Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) criticized Democrats and Republicans, saying both parties "villainize" each other.
Manchin commended No Label’s mission for pushing to give voters “options” besides the current two parties poised to be on the presidential ticket as talks of his own presidential bid continue.
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He said to host John Catsimatidis on “Cat’s Roundtable” on WABC 770AM radio Sunday morning that the third-party presidential ticket that No Labels is pushing for 2024 is “going to be a former Democrat, former Republican, probably at the top of their ticket, showing that you can bring this country together by governing together — not by condemning the other side, which is what they do now."
“If you’re a Democrat, they expect you to villainize every Republican. And if you’re a Republican, you should villainize the Democrats,” Manchin said.
The West Virginia senator, who has been considering leaving the Democratic Party and becoming an Independent, has worked with the nonpartisan organization for years.
Former Sen. Joe Lieberman and No Labels Founding Chair, who also appeared on Catsimatidis’s show Sunday, called for more common sense in Washington D.C., stating you can no longer share a difference of opinion in Congress.
“There’s never been as much anger toward the two parties and as many people in our country who are identifying themselves today as independents,” Lieberman said. “That’s the group that we want to speak for, one way or another, in next year’s presidential race.”
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“What we're thinking about is the possibility of actually running a bipartisan ticket for president and vice president next year — a third ticket — which will be the first time that’s happened since 1864 with Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson,” Lieberman said.
Last week, the North Carolina State Board of Elections voted to recognize the No Labels Party as an official political party in the state, becoming the tenth state to do so, and Lieberman hopes to get "20 or 25 by the end of the year."