Mitt Romney remarks the Joe he’d ‘like to vote for’ in 2024 is Joe Manchin

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) said he wouldn’t like to vote for any Joe other than Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) for president in 2024 when asked if he would consider supporting President Joe Biden in 2024.

Host Kristen Welker of NBC News’s Meet the Press prompted the retiring senator, whose dislike of former President Donald Trump is well-known, as to whether he might vote for Biden in the election. In response, Romney claimed, “The Joe I would like to vote for is Joe Manchin.”

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However, Romney doesn’t necessarily believe Manchin will run for president in the upcoming election, even though he is not seeking reelection to the Senate and has been vague regarding his future plans.

The Utah senator did tell Welker that he wished Manchin would be the Democratic nominee rather than Biden, who is the front-runner for the spot.

Despite Romney’s desire that Manchin be the Democratic nominee, speculation over his potential 2024 White House bid has been associated with a third-party run with the No Labels Party. In recent private conversations Manchin had with his family members and former President Bill Clinton, among others, it was reported he would either retire or run for president with No Labels rather than the Democratic Party.

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The centrist senator has long been flirting with switching his party affiliation to Independent as he finds himself increasingly in conflict with his fellow party members.

“I will finish my term while traveling the country and speaking out to see if there is interest in building a movement to mobilize the middle, find common ground, and bring Americans together,” the West Virginia Democrat said in a video announcing his decision not to seek reelection last month.