Sen. Manchin Refuses to Say If He Supports Biden’s 2014 Race

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) has repeatedly refused to commit support for President Joe Biden’s potential 2024 race.

When asked by CNN anchor Jake Tapper on Sunday whether Biden deserves a second term, Manchin refused to give a direct answer, saying “I’m not getting involved in any election right now. 2022, 2024, I’m not speculating on it.”

He asserted his further support and collaboration with the Biden administration for the sake of the people of West Virginia and the nation.

“President Biden is my president right now, and I’m going to work with him and his administration to the best of my ability to help the people in my state of West Virginia and this country. And we have agreements,” Manchin said.

The congressman further shifted his focus to inflation, the matter that he said is currently upsetting people.

“This is about today’s inflation rates killing people. We have got to get the inflation rate down,” he said.

To that end, Manchin emphasized an “energy policy that works for America.”

In comments to Tapper, he further said, “We are not going to raise taxes but people should be paying their fair share, especially the largest corporations in America that have a billion dollars of value or greater. Can’t they pay at least 15 percent so that we can move forward and be the leader of the world and the superpower that we are.”

Backing Tax Hike Bill

His statement seems to be at odds with the “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022,” that he recently signed off on.

The senator announced on July 27 that he has reached a deal with Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on energy, taxes, and health care to advance what appears to be a revised, alternate version to the Build Back Better bill.

The measure seeks to generate an

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