West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin responds to fellow Democrat, Rep. John Lewis, who said today that President Trump is not legitimate. In an interview Friday with CNN's Jake Tapper, Manchin said Trump was "absolutely" legitimate.





SEN. JOE MANCHIN: Let me just say it this was: John Lewis is an unbelievably fine man, I think the world of him. And I really consider him to be a legend, basically, in America, and I consider John my friend. There is no doubt the Russians were responsible for the hacking, but there is no credible evidence showing that had one iota to do with the outcome of the election.



Donald Trump won West Virginia by more than 40%. I assure you, the Russians had nothing to do with him winning by 42... We've got to move on.

Later on Friday, Sen. Manchin said he believes Trump wants to work with Democrats: