Joe Manchin Reverses: No, I Won’t Challenge Harris

The Hill reports:

Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) on Monday said he is not running for office in the wake of speculation that he would pursue the Democratic presidential nomination after President Biden dropped his reelection bid on Sunday. “I’m not running for office,” Manchin told “CBS Mornings” on Monday. “I’m not going to be a candidate for president,” he added. “I don’t need that in my life.” He is not seeking reelection in the Senate this November.

Read the full article. Twenty minutes before he spoke to CBS and as you can see in the clip below, Manchin was live on CNN this morning where he said he was considering a challenge to Harris.

NEWS: @JoeManchinWV tells @kasie that he’s “pursuing the process” of a presidential bid following Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw from the 2024 campaign and rules out the possibility of becoming @KamalaHarris‘s running mate.

“I’m just continuing to push this process,” he says. pic.twitter.com/7ufI2tWMVp

— CNN This Morning with Kasie Hunt (@CNNThisMorning) July 22, 2024

NEWS

MANCHIN TO CBS @CBSMornings

“I’m not running for office.”

“I’m not going to be a candidate for president… I don’t need that in my life.”

“Why is everyone afraid to speak out?”

Calls for a contested primary

— Robert Costa (@costareports) July 22, 2024