A former Democratic senator shocked Fox News viewers on Friday when he suggested that President Donald Trump is the only person who can “bring this country together” following the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
The murder of Kirk, 31, has drawn sharp partisan lines as Trump and Republicans accuse Democrats of inciting violence with repeated comparisons to fascism and Nazism dating back to Trump’s first term.
Former Senator Joe Manchin stunned viewers when he called Donald Trump “the person who can bring us together,” urging him to calm the nation’s growing political hostility. The longtime Democrat said he believes Trump alone has the influence to end the divisive rhetoric. Manchin, who retired after 14 years in the Senate, has embraced his centrist reputation, insisting America needs unity over ideology. His comments drew both praise and disbelief across Washington.
