- “First of all, I’m worn out,” Manchin told host Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
- “The people are tired, sick and tired of the fighting and division that we have and dividing the country. Abraham Lincoln said, divided, we cannot stand. We cannot … have a divided country, and we cannot withstand that. We have to come together. We’re the United States.”
- “There’s a movement going on that people want to bring the extremes back to the sensible and reasonable, responsible middle,” he added.