Joe Manchin is one of the few remaining Democrats who doesn’t think that Vladimir Lenin was just a heck of a great guy and that Leon Trotsky was just misunderstood. He represents deep-red West Virginia in the United States Senate – for now – and, while remaining a Democrat, is not blind to reality.
Including the reality that President Joe Biden is in no shape to be running for re-election. On Sunday, Senator Manchin told CNN’s Jake Tapper that it’s time for the president to “pass the torch.”
“I came to the decision with a heavy heart that I think it’s time to pass the torch to a new generation,” Manchin told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” on Sunday.
“I want him to be the president in the last five months of this presidency of his term, to do what he can do is unite our country, to calm down the rhetoric and be able to focus attention to peace in the…
