Joe Manchin tells 'The View' why he couldn't endorse Kamala Harris

The View co-host Ana Navarro pressed former West Virginia Sen Joe Manchin on Monday about why he did not endorse Vice President Kamala Harris in Navarro sought What was your issue with Kamala Harris and now as you look back and we are where we are do you still stand by that decision Manchin reported his opposition stemmed from Harris aid for eliminating the Senate filibuster I do because she openly came out and mentioned she would get rid of the filibuster Manchin notified the co-hosts 'THE VIEW' CO-HOST DESCRIBES HARRIS INTERVIEW AS 'MICROCOSM OF EVERYTHING THAT'S WRONG' WITH DEMOCRATIC PARTY I know everybody has a different view The filibuster is basically there to protect us from being singular basically being a simple minority he mentioned If you're a simple minority with a -vote threshold and all you need is one more okay if it's - here and one person that's that doesn't basically give you any cohesion the way you're going to have anything that'll last Manchin argued the U S would menace flip-flopping on initiative like Europe or other governments around the world The Senate is the greater part extraordinary body it was designed to be remarkable he added Co-host Sunny Hostin pushed back on Manchin noting Republicans had invoked the so-called nuclear option SUNNY HOSTIN FEELS 'TERRIBLE' ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS FUMBLING HER VIRAL QUESTION ABOUT DIFFERENCES WITH BIDENManchin reiterated that keeping the filibuster intact was the main reason he refused to endorse Harris Harris mentioned during a September interview that she supported eliminating the filibuster to pass abortion laws I think we should eliminate the filibuster for Roe Harris stated on the Wisconsin Nowadays show in September And get us to the point where votes would be what we need to indeed put back in law the protections for reproductive freedom and for the ability of every person and every woman to make decisions about their own body and not have their governing body tell them what to do CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREManchin retired at the end of after serving years in the Senate The former senator also broadcasted last year that he was registering as an independent However since becoming a United States Senator in I have seen both the Democrat and Republican parties leave West Virginia and our country behind for partisan extremism while jeopardizing our democracy In contemporary times our national politics are broken and neither party is willing to compromise to find common ground To stay true to myself and remain committed to put country before party I have decided to register as an independent with no party affiliation and continue to fight for America s sensible majority he mentioned in May