• If Democrat Rep. Ruben Gallego competes as expected for the seat next year, Manchin would be backing a candidate not in his party.
• Machnin cited Sinema’s unwillingness to help Senate Democrats end the 60-vote filibuster for the passage of most legislation.
• “She stood tall when it was time to stand tall, protecting the institution,” Manchin said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
• Manchin also argued that when some conservatives called for the end to the filibuster while Donald Trump was president and Republicans controlled the Senate, he and Sinema opposed the so-called nuclear option in 2019.

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