{"id":2843,"date":"2023-06-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gatebizglobal.com\/manchin-fires-back-obama-adviser-called-him-dead-man-walking-west-virginia-funny-comment\/"},"modified":"2023-06-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T00:00:00","slug":"manchin-fires-back-obama-adviser-called-him-dead-man-walking-west-virginia-funny-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gatebizglobal.com\/manchin-fires-back-obama-adviser-called-him-dead-man-walking-west-virginia-funny-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchin fires back at Obama adviser who called him 'dead man walking' in West Virginia: 'Funny comment'"},"content":{"rendered":"

FIRST ON FOX \u2013 <\/strong>Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., fired back at CNN analyst and former Obama advisor David Axelrod<\/a> on Monday after the latter called him a “dead man walking” in West Virginia. <\/p>\n

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Axelrod joined the hosts of “CNN This Morning” on Monday to discuss Manchin, a moderate Democrat who hasn’t ruled out a possible third-party bid for the White House.<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t want to be unkind to Senator Manchin, but he\u2019s kind of [a] dead man walking in West Virginia. There\u2019s nowhere for him to go. He\u2019s got a popular Republican governor in a state that Donald Trump pretty much carried by almost 40 points. He didn\u2019t win by very much last time. So he knows that he can\u2019t win re-election in that state. This would be a graceful exit for him. And he may believe there are people in that \u2018No Labels\u2019 movement trying to persuade him that he could actually win in a race with Biden and Trump,” Axelrod said.<\/p>\n

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A Manchin spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the senator’s focus is on West Virginia. <\/p>\n

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“This is a funny comment about polls since the same smart pollsters said Barack Obama\u2019s poll numbers proved he had no chance against Hilary Clinton, Donald Trump could never win the first election, and Republicans would win huge in 2022. Senator Manchin\u2019s focus is on doing the best job for West Virginia and the American people. The only poll that matters is the one on Election Day,” a Manchin spokesperson told Fox News Digital on Monday.<\/p>\n

Manchin has a unique status as a Democrat elected to statewide office in West Virginia, one of the country’s reddest places in recent presidential elections. Trump carried every county in the state in 2020 over Biden, winning by nearly 39 points. <\/p>\n

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