As Joe Manchin prepares to leave Congress after nearly 15 years, the West Virginia senator — who left the Democratic Party and registered as an independent earlier this year — is further distancing himself from his former party,

Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) didn’t hold back on his feelings on the Democratic Party — the party he once belonged

Retiring Sen. Joe Manchin Monday trashed the Democratic Party as “toxic” in an interview timed to his departure from Washington D.C. The moderate lawmaker, who won two terms as senator in deep-red West Virginian, told CNN’s Manu Raju that the national party has moved too far from its working-class roots.

In an interview with the Post, retiring Senator Joe Manchin discusses what he thinks his legacy is and the role he wants to play in politics moving forward.

Mr. Manchin says America is ready for a third party to absorb centrist and moderate voters who feel alienated by both party’s excesses.

Washington DC - Outgoing Senator Joe Manchin had sharp words for his former party as he prepares to leave Congress. "The D-brand has been so maligned from the standpoint of, it’s just, it’s toxic," Manchin told CNN's Manu Raju in an interview broadcast Sunday.

As he leaves the position he was elected to as a Democrat before officially becoming an independent this year, Sen. Joe Manchin suggested it's his former party that changed. Progressives have pulled the party away from basic issues such as "good job,

Senator Joe Manchin threw a few bombs today as he prepares to exit his post, telling CNN's "Inside Politics" that his former party has become "toxic" for working "to mainstream the extreme" in recent years.