CBS’s O’Donnell To Manchin: Wouldn't you be helping to elect Trump?

MRC Latino | November 14, 2023
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NORAH O’DONNELL: Senator Manchin has been involved for years with No Labels, a centrist organization that is exploring a third-party unity candidate in 2024. 

Senator, address this concern. If you ran on a third-party ticket, wouldn't you be helping to elect Donald Trump? 

MANCHIN: I don't buy that scenario. I've heard that. And I wouldn't buy that scenario because if you look back in history how things have played out, I don't think they thought Ross Perot would elect Bill Clinton. Now that we see the- some polls with Bobby Kennedy Jr., would be helping -- would be helping Joe Biden because it takes votes from Donald Trump. I've never been a spoiler at anything. I've never tried to. I compete the best I possibly can. I compete to win. Okay? And I am going to work, right now, to try to win the middle back. They've got to decide, I want things different. I want to make a change.