capitulate to democrats. he represents a state that donald trump won by almost 40 percentage points. beat joe biden by almost 40 percentage points. joe manchin is a unicorn democrat in west virginia. >> probably the last one ever. >> reporter: maybe. all of his political in sent if's push him not to the democratic party but the republican party. okay. you can have progressives threatening him. but he's privately told people that helps him back home. anyone who has two brain cells can see that. i don't actually understand. maybe it is just venting and frustration and there is no strategy. but if there is a strategy, i'd like someone to explain it because it doesn't seem particularly coherency to me. >> i tried to drag kate bedingfield into it. she can't get into it because of the hatch act while she's standing there. >> however.