Joe Manchin Tells MSNBC He Backs Trump On These Key Decisions So Far

Former independent West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin told MSNBC host Eugene Daniels on Sunday that he backed President Donald Trump’s second-term moves on immigration, border security, and crime.

The Trump administration has achieved four consecutive months without paroling a single illegal migrant into the nation and the president’s crackdown on crime in the nation’s capital has yielded positive results. On MSNBC’s “The Weekend,” Manchin credited Trump with securing the border and working to tackle crime.

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“I think everyone knows we should have a secure border. I begged the Democrats not to do asylum at the border,” Manchin said. “I think that’s correct. I think the crime in our streets — I don’t have a problem with doing whatever we can, but you just can’t pick people off the street.”

Daniels interrupted Manchin to ask if he supported Trump deploying the National Guard to Democrat-run cities.

“If I was crime-ridden in my state, I’d welcome all the help I could get. Don’t leave me in the lurch,” Manchin said. “Now they’re going to leave sooner or later. Am I going to go back to where I was? Are you going to help me finance this? People want a crime-free area and they want also secured borders.”

“The Democrats should be saying, ‘Mr. President, we made a mistake. We’ll work with you on securing the border. Will you work with us on legal immigration?’ We need legal immigration for this country to continue to be the world power, the economic juggernaut of the world,” he continued. “And also, it’s the right thing to do. My ancestors came here that way.”