Clyburn to Manchin: 'This is not the Democratic Party of my father and that is a great thing'

Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) went after Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) after the senator said Sunday that he chose to leave the Democratic Party because the party had changed too much.

“This is not the Democratic Party of my father and that is a great thing,” Clyburn said in a CNN “State of the Union” interview with Jake Tapper, appearing directly after Manchin. 

“I remember when my father got the right to vote, or cast an effective vote, here in South Carolina. It was not until 1948...