Joe Manchin tells ‘The View’ hosts Harris’ filibuster place was dealbreaker

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"The View" co-host Ana Navarro pressed former West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin on Monday about why he didn't endorse Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024.

Navarro requested, "What was your situation with Kamala Harris, and now as you look again, and we're the place we're, do you continue to stand by that call?"

Manchin mentioned his opposition stemmed from Harris’ assist for eliminating the Senate filibuster .

"I do, as a result of she brazenly got here out and mentioned she would do away with the filibuster," Manchin advised the co-hosts.

Former West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin appeared on ABC's "The View" on Sept. 15, 2025. (ABC/TheView)

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"I do know everyone has a unique view. The filibuster is principally there to guard us from being singular, principally being a easy minority," he mentioned. "For those who're a easy minority with a 51-vote threshold, and all you want is yet another, okay, if it is 50-50 right here, and one individual, that is 51%, that does not principally offer you any cohesion the way in which you are going to have something that'll final."

Manchin argued the U.S. would danger flip-flopping on coverage like "Europe" or different governments all over the world.

"The Senate is essentially the most uncommon physique, it was designed to be uncommon," he added.

Co-host Sunny Hostin pushed again on Manchin, noting Republicans had invoked the "so-called nuclear choice."

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks throughout a marketing campaign rally on Nov. 2, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photograph/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Manchin reiterated that holding the filibuster intact was the principle motive he refused to endorse Harris.

Harris mentioned throughout a September 2024 interview that she supported eliminating the filibuster to cross abortion legal guidelines.

"I believe we must always get rid of the filibuster for Roe," Harris mentioned on the "Wisconsin Today" show in September 2024. "And get us to the purpose the place 51 votes can be what we have to truly put again in regulation the protections for reproductive freedom and for the power of each individual and each girl to make selections about their very own physique and never have their authorities inform them what to do."

Former Sen. Joe Manchin speaks at a "Politics & Eggs" occasion on the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at St. Anselm Faculty on Jan. 12, 2024, in Manchester, N.H. (Scott Eisen/Getty Pictures)

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Manchin retired on the finish of 2024 after serving 14 years within the Senate.

The previous senator additionally introduced final yr that he was registering as an independent .

"Nevertheless, since changing into a United States Senator in 2010, I've seen each the Democrat and Republican events depart West Virginia and our nation behind for partisan extremism whereas jeopardizing our democracy. At the moment, our nationwide politics are damaged and neither get together is prepared to compromise to seek out frequent floor. To remain true to myself and stay dedicated to place nation earlier than get together, I've determined to register as an impartial with no get together affiliation and proceed to battle for America’s wise majority," he mentioned in Might 2024.