No Labels Town Hall With Joe Manchin And Jon Huntsman Raises Speculation Of Third-Party Bid
deadline.comThis is the season of political town halls, but there’s one on Monday evening that is garnering some attention in the media pundit class: An event featuring Sen.
Joe Manchin (D-WV) and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman designed to promote the group No Labels. The streamed event from Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH, is designed to outline a No Labels policy agenda as the group looks to get behind a third-party presidential ticket, focused on the idea that there is a “common sense” bipartisan solution to political polarization.
Kevin Cirilli, correspondent for Scripps News and former chief Washington correspondent for Bloomberg Television, is serving as moderator of the event.
He is not affiliated with No Labels. No Labels has had plenty of pushback from Democrats, who see such a third-party bid as hurting Joe Biden’s reelection chances more than it would a Republican nominee, potentially returning Donald Trump to the White House.
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