Manchin crosses party lines in officially endorsing Murkowski
By Mychael Schnell - 02/06/22 05:00 PM EST
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) crossed party lines on Sunday and officialy endorsed Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) in her reelection race.
“I'm endorsing my dear friend Lisa Murkowski,” Manchin said alongside the Alaska senator during a joint-interview with CNN’s “State of the Union.”
“Alaska could only be so lucky to have her continue to serve them,” he added.
The announcement came after co-anchor Jake Tapper noted that Manchin supported Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) when she was running for reelection in 2020.
Manchin said it is “hypocritical” that lawmakers “work with a person day in and day out, and then, when they're in cycle, you're supposed to be against them because they have an R or a D by their name."
“If these are good people I have worked with, we have accomplished a lot, why in the world wouldn't I want to work with them and continue to work with them? It doesn't matter whether I'm a Democrat and they're Republican, or vice versa. They have been my dear friends, and we get a lot accomplished. And we -- I think the country has fared better with us working together than not,” he added.
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