Outgoing Sen. Joe Manchin said he is not planning to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign for president after she called on the Senate to end the filibuster to pass legislation that would protect abortion rights.
“I’m not endorsing. I think that’s basically something that can destroy our country, and my country is more important to me than any one person or any one person’s ideology,” Manchin said. He added that ending the filibuster is “the most horrible thing.”
The West Virginia senator, who overlapped with Harris in the Senate, previously said he was considering endorsing Harris. He was formerly a Democrat and left the party earlier this year. But after she said in an interview with Wisconsin Public Radio that the Senate “should eliminate the filibuster for Roe,” he made the decision not to back her.