The West Virginia senator has mulled running for president as a third-party candidate, as well as running for re-election in his home state.
, pitching donors on a $100 million project that would boost middle-of-the-road candidates and policies.“I love and support my father in whatever he decides to do,” Heather Manchin told NBC News in a statement. “But this effort is entirely independent of him because it’s bigger than him or any one person.”
She is closely involved in the senator’s decision-making and has maintained frequent contact with not only Manchin, but also his Senate staff, according to the sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity.And the focus of the new nonprofit group dovetails with Manchin’s political journey in the Senate and his considerations around 2024.
Heather Manchin’s new organization, described by one source as “adjacent” to No Labels rather than a direct competitor, is still in its early stages. The source said she is in the process of fundraising and hiring staff and as of now is not interested in entering the political arena herself., she worked with the then-CEO of Pfizer more than a decade ago to keep prices of the EpiPen product artificially high, as her company gave generous contributions to her father’s Senate campaigns.
After her father began leaning on her in recent years, Heather Manchin saw first-hand the “incredible dysfunction” in the political system and has since sought to fix it, a source close to the Manchin family said. “Manufacturing anger is now the surest path to power in American politics,” Heather Manchin told NBC News. “And it’s tearing us apart.”
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