Manchin should put Democrats in the wilderness

Published December 20, 2021 7:56pm ET



The national Democratic Party has contempt for West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, and its loudest activists flat-out hate him. Manchin should respond accordingly. It’s time for him not only to leave the Democratic Party but, even as an independent, to start officially caucusing with Republicans.

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, another nonradical Democrat, should do likewise.

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