West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin doubled down on his calls this week for a strong third-party movement and argued both parties have no reason to work together because it doesn't fit their 'duopoly' business model. 'You're dealing with a duopoly here in Washington,' Manchin said during an interview with Axios. 'It's a business model. You have a Republican business model and a Democrat business model. And their whole business model is based around division.
You know, the thing that discouraged me more than anything was the border security bill that we had,' he said, before calling out the GOP for not supporting the legislation.