Joe Manchin
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Our friend Lisa Murkowski would not get elected through the primary process in Alaska if it wasn't for the ranked choice voting.
Or open primaries.
When you can control a primary, and that's what gives President Trump or it gives a Democrat president the power in a real blue state or red state, knowing that they have that power to name who they want or primary you or this or that.
An open primary, boom, you know, you're out there.
The best will succeed.
Well, here, you're a perfect example of that because your type of primary is in Arizona or what?
You know, there used to be an old saying, you're guilt by association.
If someone was a bad actor and you were working or talking to them, they think, well, you must support that.
Now it's guilt by conversation.
You can't even be seen having a conversation with someone who might not be on the same.
That is so ridiculous to me that I never did subscribe.
And the Democrats chastise me for working across.
I do not recommend it.
But if it happens, be ready.
The Democrats have lost registered Democrats.
And what happened to immigration, this immigration push and how tough he got on immigration is the greatest cover he could ever ask for.
Because he says, did you like what you had?
That's what you'll get.
And we've got, and the Democrats could have said, listen, we made a mistake.
We made a mistake on the border.