Manchin Refuses To Rule Out 3rd Party Presidential Run: ‘Everything’s On The Table And Nothing Off The Table’

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) refused to rule out launching a third-party presidential run in 2024, saying that extremism is becoming a serious issue on both political sides.

Manchin made the remarks during a Sunday morning news show when asked about a recent report from The New York Times about a self-described bipartisan group, “No Labels,” that wants a third-party presidential candidate in 2024. Manchin sits at the top of the group’s list.

“No Labels has been moving and pushing very hard the centrist middle. Making commonsense decisions,” Manchin told Fox News host Shannon Bream. “People that basically expect us to do our job. And not put the political party ahead of the policy in our great country. That’s what we’ve seen happening. And there’s more noise and more extremism coming from the far left and the far right.”

“It’s always what I’ve believed. I believe that basically that’s where you make the decisions,” he said of the political center. “You listen to the Left and the Right. You make sure that you leave nobody behind. And you listen to the different persuasions that they might have, concerns. But when it comes you’ve got to make common sense.”

Manchin was repeatedly pressed on the matter by Bream.

“Not ruling anything in, not ruling anything out,” Manchin concluded.

“Both the extreme Left and the extreme Right voted to default – they voted against it,” Manchin said. “It was the Democrats and Republicans in the middle. So that moderate middle, the centrists, well, we’re going to run this country. We can’t continue to let the extremes try to be the majority voice when it’s going to be the majority voting in the middle and the moderate centrists that will make things happen.”

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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) hits extremism on the left and right but does not give a straight answer to Fox's Shannon Bream when she asks whether he'll run as a third-party candidate on a No Labels ticket. pic.twitter.com/JQrNSgRpvC

— The Recount (@therecount) June 4, 2023

Manchin was also asked about 2024 during an interview on CBS News’s “Face The Nation” with host Margaret Brennan.

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When asked about the possibility of a presidential run, Manchin said, “Everything’s open, everything’s on the table and nothing off the table.”

“Everything is open. Everything is on the table and nothing off the table,” says @Sen_JoeManchin when asked if he is considering a presidential bid or running for re-election in the Senate. pic.twitter.com/rObgwJ3E8W

— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) June 4, 2023

‘What Is A Woman?’ Reaches No. 1 For Streaming Documentaries On Rotten Tomatoes

Daily Wire host Matt Walsh’s hit documentary “What is a Woman?” hit the number one spot on Rotten Tomatoes for streaming documentaries on Sunday — a year after it was released. 

Under the June 2023 “Best Documentary Movies at Home” category on the movie review site, “What is a Woman?” beats out other more recently released documentaries that rounded the top five. 

“Congrats to [Matt Walsh] for your well -deserved receipt of this year’s Streisand Effect Grand Prize,” DailyWire+ host Dr. Jordan B. Peterson tweeted to Walsh. 

Congrats @MattWalshBlog for your well -deserved receipt of this year's Streisand Effect Grand Prize. https://t.co/F7aaujyRtI

— Dr Jordan B Peterson (@jordanbpeterson) June 4, 2023

The news comes as the documentary has had a milestone week, with The Daily Wire posting it to Twitter for free — with the tweet garnering more than 160 million views. The Daily Wire initially planned to stream “What is a Woman?” on the platform for 24 hours. But Twitter labeled the documentary “hateful conduct” and restricted its visibility because of two instances of supposed “misgendering.” A few hours before its release, Twitter CEO Elon Musk insisted it had been a mistake, yet the film was saddled with restrictions when it aired. Early Friday, Twitter’s tag restricting the visibility of “What is a Woman?” was removed, allowing Twitter users to like and retweet the documentary. Musk tweeted out the film to his 140 million followers.

On Saturday, Walsh called out the media bias surrounding his documentary with a screenshot of the audience and critic review scores of the film, noting that not a single legacy media publication reviewed “What is a Woman?” — despite the documentary racking up tremendous viewership.

“The film has been seen by millions of people but still only six movie critics have dared to review it,” Walsh posted. “And none of them are from major mainstream publications.”

The tweet shows a screenshot of the film’s Rotten Tomato scores. With the general audience, more than 10,000 reviews landed the film at 86%. But there are only six reviews from critics, totaling a score of 83%.

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Despite the high viewership of the film and it reaching the top spot among the most popular documentaries on Rotten Tomatoes, none of the leading critics have reviewed it, including reviewers from The Atlantic, The Boston Globe, NPR, BuzzFeed News, Wall Street Journal, Entertainment Weekly, Variety, and many more. Notably, many of those same outlets have covered the buzz and related news surrounding “What is a Woman?”

Amanda Prestigiacomo and Ryan Saavedra contributed to this article. 

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