{"id":6983,"date":"2023-11-09T21:00:15","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T22:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=6983"},"modified":"2023-11-09T22:59:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T22:59:30","slug":"sen-joe-manchin-will-not-seek-re-election-sparks-rumors-of-presidential-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=6983","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Joe Manchin Will Not Seek Re-election, Sparks Rumors of Presidential Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/joe-manchin\/\">https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/joe-manchin\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1068\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MixCollage-09-Nov-2023-03-57-PM-5397.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Joe Manchin\" title=\"Joe Manchin\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., announced Thursday he would not run for reelection for his Senate seat but will instead travel the country to see if there is an appetite for a movement made up of the political middle to \u201ctake back America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter months of deliberation and long conversation with my family, I believe in my heart of hearts that I have accomplished what I set out to do for West Virginia,\u201d Manchin said in a video announcement on X, formerly known as Twitter. \u201cI have made one of the toughest decisions of my life and decided that I will not be running for election to United States Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut what I will be doing is traveling the country and speaking out to see if there is an interest in creating a movement to mobilize the middle and bring Americans together,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin, who is known as one of the most moderate Democrats in the Senate, sparked rumors with his announcement that he was feeling out a possible presidential run.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe growing divide between Democrats and Republicans is paralyzing Congress and worsening our nations problems,\u201d Manchin said. \u201cThe majority of Americans are just plain worn out. Our economy is not working for many Americans, from the rising cost of food and fuel and everything in between.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manchin also spoke about the \u201cborder crisis\u201d and the illegal drugs entering the U.S., the soaring national debt, and public safety. He also addressed the need to avoid being pulled into the overseas wars in Ukraine and Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know our country isn\u2019t as divided as Washington would like us to believe,\u201d Manchin said. \u201cWe share common values of family, freedom, democracy, dignity, and a belief that together we can overcome any challenge. We need to take back America and not let this divisive hatred further pull us apart. Public service has and continues to drive me everyday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Casey Harper<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/national\/article_faa78fbc-7f38-11ee-95ca-4300916a5360.html?a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Go to Source<\/a><br \/>\nReposted with permission<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/joe-manchin\/ \u00a0 Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., announced Thursday he would&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":6985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wi-right-now"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6983"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6986,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6983\/revisions\/6986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}