Senator Manchin Will Back Trump If He Becomes President

The senator will not vote for the former president and believes Biden has gone ’too far to the left.'

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) presides over a hearing on battery technology in Washington, on Sept. 22, 2022. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) vowed to back whoever wins the 2024 presidential race, even if it is former President Donald Trump.

“Whenever our president is elected, duly elected by the people, which Joe Biden was done, which Donald Trump was done in 2016, I’m going to do everything I can to help my president be successful,” Mr. Manchin said in a Feb. 24 interview with Fox. He was responding to whether he had any “fears for the country” if the Republican candidate was to win a second term. Mr. Manchin clarified that he will support President Trump if he wins the 2024 race, but “I’m not going to vote for Donald Trump.”