“We are one day from the end of Title 42 and still the Biden Administration has no viable solution to prevent an unmanageable surge of migrants at our southern border,” Manchin said. “There are multiple common sense solutions to this crisis, including my bipartisan bill that would give the Administration a two-year temporary expulsion authority for migrants attempting to illegally enter the U.S. without inspection or proper documentation.”

“While I do not support every provision, Republicans in the House of Representatives are at least working on a border security bill to fill the leadership vacuum created by this Administration,” he continued. “Our country cannot maintain our superpower status if we cannot control our own border.”

[He really wants to make sure West Virginia voters forget his vote on the Biden/Schumer Inflation Reduction Act, huh? If Manchin wanted to run a No Labels presidential campaign, he wouldn’t be talking about the border or praising the GOP. I’d bet he’s running for governor in WV again and thinks he can beat Patrick Morrisey in a rematch of the 2018 Senate election. Manchin likely has a big shock coming his way, if so. — Ed]