In Break From Leadership, Several Democrats Back Border Wall

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) celebrates at his election day victory party at the Embassy Suites in Charleston, West Virginia, on Nov. 6, 2018. Manchin won his second full Senate term after he defeated West Virginia Republican Senate Candidate Patrick Morrisey. Patrick Smith/Getty Images

Several Senate Democrats are bucking leadership to support President Donald Trump’s proposal for a wall on the southern border.

West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin told The Daily Caller on Jan. 24 that Senate Democrats agree on the need for a border wall and that House Republicans are the holdouts.