Sen. Joe Manchin Joseph (Joe) ManchinNames to watch as Trump picks Ginsburg replacement on Supreme Court Momentum growing among Republicans for Supreme Court vote before Election Day Gardner on court vacancy: Country needs to mourn Ginsburg 'before the politics begin' MORE (D-W.Va.) said Sunday that he believes President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE would sign his legislation strengthening background checks on gun purchases if the bill made it to his desk.

“I really believe he would,” Manchin told CNN’s “State of the Union” when asked if he thought Trump would sign the bill.

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When pressed by host Jake Tapper, Manchin said he believes in his “heart of hearts” that the president would sign the legislation.

Manchin is referring to a bill he pushed with Sen. Pat Toomey Patrick (Pat) Joseph ToomeyAppeals court rules NSA's bulk phone data collection illegal Dunford withdraws from consideration to chair coronavirus oversight panel GOP senators push for quick, partial reopening of economy MORE (R-Pa.) aimed at expanding background checks to gun shows and online sales. The legislation failed in the upper chamber in 2013, but is receiving a new push after the school shooting last month in South Florida that left 17 people dead.

Manchin also said Sunday that the bill would have passed the Senate had Trump been in office in 2013.

“If President Trump had been president in 2013, that bill would have passed,” Manchin told CBS’s “Face the Nation.”

--This report was updated at 12:27 p.m.