WASHINGTON — Former Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin is opening up about the wrath he faced from former President Joe Biden — and how the West Virginian was quietly pulling for Republicans to retake the Senate this past November to save the filibuster.

In his forthcoming book, “Dead Center,” Manchin — the former West Virginia governor who repped the Mountain State for more than 14 years in the Senate — accused prominent Democrats of undermining the system of checks and balances for more than a decade.

“I don’t say this lightly, but under the leadership of President [Barack] Obama and Majority Leader Harry Reid , and later President Biden and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Democrats have systematically tried to weaken the very guardrails that have protected our democracy for generations

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