Manchin Excoriates 'Toxic' Dems: 'This Country Is Not Going Left'

Sen. Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., left the Democratic Party and is blasting its “toxic” politics as he leaves the Senate in a pair of exit interviews with CNN and The Washington Post.

“The D-brand has been so maligned from the standpoint of, it’s just, it’s toxic,” Manchin told CNN in an interview airing Sunday, saying he was forced to leave the party “in the form of what Democratic Party has turned itself into” before leaving the Senate.

“They have basically expanded upon thinking, ‘Well, we want to protect you there, but we’re going to tell you how you should live your life from that far on.'”