Asked on Hoppy Kercheval’s West Virginia radio show if he believes there is still a place for him in the Democratic party, Manchin replied: "I would like to hope that Democrats feel like I do. I’m fiscally responsible and socially compassionate."
"Now if there are no Democrats like that, they ought to push me where they want me," he added.
During the interview, Manchin said he had gotten "to the wit’s end" with the negotiation efforts, saying the White House knows "the real reason" things fell apart.
White House staff "drove some things and they put some things out that were absolutely inexcusable. They know what it is," he said.
"The bottom line [is] I knew that we could not change, it was never going to change," Manchin added.
He reiterated that he warned Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer
...Senator-for-life from New York, renowned for his love of standing in front of cameras and microphones. Schumer has been a professional politician since 1975, when disco was in flower, which is 46.04224 years. Senate minority leader as of 2017...months ago that there needed to be means-testing and work requirements for the child tax credit and that the bill was "very far-reaching."
"We have been way far apart philosophically," he added.
Manchin said he "just knew what the intent was from day one," given that there are only two out of 50 Democrats — Manchin and Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D., Ariz.) — who did not support a $3.5 trillion price tag.