Billionaire Home Depot co-founder and longtime Republican donor Ken Langone announced Wednesday he would one of his biggest fundraisers 'ever' for Sen. Joe Manchin. The spry 86-year-old sung the praises of the West Virginia Democrat on CNBC's Squawkbox Wednesday morning. 'You know my politics, but I don't see leadership any place in this country,' Langone said. 'Thank God for Joe Manchin,' Langone continued. 'The guy's got guts and courage.' 'He's a Democrat, I'm a Republican, I'm going to have one of the biggest fundraisers I've ever had for him,' he said. 'He's special. He's precious. He's a great American.' In the 2020 election cycle, Langone and his wife Elaine donated $545,000 to candidates and parties, $534,600 to Republicans and $10,600 to Democrats, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Hit net worth is estimated to be $6.4 billion, according to Forbes. Forbes reports that Langone has donated over $2.4 million to Republican causes since 2019. He did not donate to the former President Trump's reelection campaign in 2020, though he has in the past expressed support for a number of his policies. After the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, Langone said he felt 'betrayed' by Trump. Manchin is not up for reelection until 2024. He has not announced if he'll run for another term. The spry 86-year-old sung the praises of the West Virginia Democrat on CNBC's Squawkbox Wednesday morning 'Thank God for Joe Manchin,' Langone said. 'The guy's got guts and courage' Langone also issued a dire warning on inflation, hours before Manchin did the same. 'Let me give you a warning, this inflation is a lot worse than people think. It is not transitory. The little people ... they're going to suffer.' New figures released Wednesday showed a 6.2 percent jump in the Consumer Price Index in October compared to a year ago. Prices were up 0.9 percent from only one month ago. Manchin said the new figures proved inflation was 'getting worse' and is not temporary, as the White House has previously insisted. 'By all accounts, the threat posed by record inflation to the American people is not “transitory” and is instead getting worse. From the grocery store to the gas pump, Americans know the inflation tax is real and DC can no longer ignore the economic pain Americans feel every day,' Manchin said. Manchin, along with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., was the last stalwart against the $3.5 spending bill, President Biden's Build Back Better agenda. That bill has now been pared back to $1.75 trillion and many tax provisions have been cut out. Still, Manchin has not committed to voting for it, but reports say that Sinema has quietly signaled her approval. The West Virginia Democrat has found himself something of a hero for the right, as rumors swirl over whether he'll switch party affiliation. He has killed any idea of a corporate tax above 25 percent, the proposed billionaire tax and a provision that would allow the IRS to snoop on bank accounts with over $600 in transactions. His new statement about inflation follows prior warnings he made last week, and wasn't lost on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, whose team out a statement pointing to Manchin's comments, adding his own concerns about inflation. Manchin said last week, when asked about the Build Back Better plan: 'Nor will I support a package that risks hurting American families suffering from historic inflation.' He added: 'I, for one, also won’t support a multitrillion-dollar bill without greater clarity about why Congress chooses to ignore the serious effects inflation.' 'Senator Manchin might be onto something,' said McConnell aide Doug Andres. McConnell, in comments to WKYX-Paducah radio in Kentucky, pointed to Manchin and Sinema as 'resisting' the package. 'They could kill the whole thing, either one of them,' he said. All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility