Civil political discourse took a beating in West Virginia this weekend when a Democratic senator profanely proclaimed that he was going to vote the way he wanted and didn t  give a s t  if it cost him his seat. I don t give a s t, you understand? I just don t give a s t,  Sen. Joe Manchin told the Charleston Gazette-Mail on Sunday, saying he wasn t going to toe his party s line on every issue. Don t care if I get elected, don t care if I get defeated, how about that. If they think because I m up for election, that I can be wrangled into voting for s t that I don t like and can t explain, they re all crazy,  he continued. I m not scared of an election, let s put it that way. Elections do not bother me or scare me,  he said. I m going to continue to do the same thing I ve always done, extremely independent. President Trump won West Virginia by a mile, and Democratic Gov. Jim Justice pointedly switched teams and joined the GOP at a Trump campaign rally in the state last week.Watch Governor Justice announce that he s switching parties at the Trump rally last week:West Virginia Democratic Governor Jim Justice announces that he is switching parties to GOP https://t.co/io13ugk6KD https://t.co/GZkqWBJ6z3  NBC News (@NBCNews) August 3, 2017Manchin s angry comments followed a slam from GOP senatorial candidate Patrick Morrisey, who called for the incumbent to resign from the Democratic leadership.Morrisey cited Manchin s refusal to sign onto a letter establishing Democrats  three main policy points on tax reform, The Hill reported.Manchin was one of three Democrats in the Senate who didn t sign the letter.He explained that he agreed with the party platform but wanted party leaders to get Republicans on board.  NYP