Rep. Dean Phillips will challenge Biden in Democratic presidential race: "This is an election about the future"

[brooklynite]

Source: CBS News

Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota has decided to challenge President Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination and will launch his 2024 campaign on Friday in New Hampshire, where he will file to appear on the state's primary ballot.

"I am. I have to," Phillips told CBS News chief election & campaign correspondent Robert Costa in an exclusive interview for "CBS Mornings" that will air on Friday, when asked whether he is making a late entry into the Democratic race.

In the interview, Phillips, 54, said he admires Mr. Biden, 80, but believes it is time for a new generation of Democrats to lead the party, especially with former President Donald Trump poised to potentially be the Republican presidential nominee.

Phillips said he has studied polling data and is alarmed about the prospect of Trump beating Mr. Biden, should the 2024 election end up becoming rematch of the 2020 race.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dean-phillips-biden-presidential-primary-challenge/

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He will file for the NH Primary tomorrow.

[brewens]

1. Maybe Cenk Uygur will decide not to run at least. That is pointless because he's not eligible anyway. n/t

[JohnSJ]

2. Jerk. A 77 million dollar net worth business man. No thanks

And he thinks he is a new generation with his 77 million net worth

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Phillips



With a net worth of $77 million in 2018, Phillips is one of the wealthiest members of Congress.

[Polybius]

15. That's not a crazy amount for Presidential candidates

Romney, the Clintons, Bloomberg, Trump and many others are worth a lot more.

[brush]

33. What, not even a billionaire? No thanks. That amount doesn't cut it nowadays.

Just kidding of course, but Phillips might say it's about the future, but the immediate future is not about him. We have an incumbent president, why would we go with an unknown neophyte?

Seems he's impatient and can't wait until '28 when there won't be a Dem incumbent.

[TwilightZone]

3. Looks like he's running for 2028.

Get exposure now in a race he's quite certain to lose, then gear up for a run in '28.

[JohnSJ]

4. I don't think so. His net worth is 77 million, and I suspect

He is looking for wall street and independent support

with the no label parties, RFK jr independent and Cornell West, plus magas and now this, their is a lot of effort to reelect Trump or a Republican it seems

This is so depressing

[thesquanderer]

5. He can win NH since Biden is not on the ballot, and that would get him some exposure. n/t

[JohnSJ]

7. Dean is a 77 million dollar opportunistic asshole, hoping he

gets Wall Street and independents

[Abolishinist]

17. You seeme to be obsessed with his net worth,

having brought it up three times. ???

[Aristus]

22. It's a popular hobby with people who have more dollars than sense, throwing their hats into the ring.

It's basically them ticking a box; asking themselves: "What haven't my millions got me yet?"

The achievement check-list.

At least he is already serving in public office. For guys like Trump, it was never about actually serving and doing the job; it was just ticking the box, and getting his worthless, ugly mug in the history books.

[SunSeeker]

19. NEW Hampshire Dems are organizing a write-in campaign for Biden.

The move is not without precedent. President Lyndon Johnson won the New Hampshire primary in 1968 as a write-in candidate, although he dropped out of the race 19 days later. https://apnews.com/article/biden-new-hampshire-primary-delegates-2024-election-d2bad477a8505d9ae953bb4772f2161b

[Army Brat]

25. Hopefully the media will see the Dem NH primary for the tantrum that it is

Of course, who knows with our media...

[PortTack]

30. President Biden is not on the ballot in NH?

[riversedge]

6. slogans "Make America Affordable Again" and "Everyone's Invited!" ............

IMHO--I think the Make America Affordable Again' might draw in a lot of folks.

--although I cringe-it sounds so close to the trumpy slogan which I am so sick and tired of hearing and reading!!



..............The Minnesota native, a member of the business-friendly New Democrat Coalition who flipped a GOP-held seat in the Minneapolis suburbs in 2018, is likely to run a campaign focused on appealing to moderate voters. Earlier this week, observers spotted a Phillips presidential campaign bus in Ohio emblazoned with the slogans “Make America Affordable Again” and “Everyone’s Invited!” Phillips used the latter phrase in his 2022 reelection bid.

Phillips has proved to be an adept fundraiser, even as he rejects donations from political action committees, lobbyists and other members of Congress. He raised $2.3 million in the 2022 election cycle. As of the end of September, he had over $300,000 in cash on hand.

He also has the capacity to self-fund, should he choose to do so. An heir to, and former CEO of, the Phillips Distilling Company, Phillips was the 11th-richest Democratic member of Congress in 2022. To avoid conflicts of interest, he keeps his financial assets in a blind trust.

If successful, Phillips would make history as the first Jewish presidential nominee of one of the two main political parties. Marianne Williamson, a progressive bestselling author and self-help guru also seeking the Democratic nomination, is Jewish as well.

[ificandream]

8. Stupid move.

[highplainsdem]

9. It's about THE future. He shouldn't try to make it about HIS future, and help the GOP

cast Biden as too old.

[Rebl2]

10. Never heard

of him. Pretty sure many people haven’t. He will most likely fail.

[Captain Zero]

16. Well Trump will fluff him up if

He wins in New Hampshire or even comes close.

Be ready.

[LymphocyteLover]

11. He has no chance and will only hurt Biden. What an ass

[JohnSJ]

12. It really pisses me off

[Demnation]

13. Won't make it past the primary. Won't hurt Biden at all. Asshole glory hound.

[SunSeeker]

14. You're not helping, Dean.

[Bayard]

18. Hope this isn't more, "Pass the torch," crap

[no_hypocrisy]

20. Gee, now the republican donors have to split their donations between

No Labels, Kennedy, and Phillips.

[ancianita]

21. Not feelin' it.

Not qualified enough. Just not.

[DownriverDem]

23. What a fool

We on the left need to focus on beating trump or whoever ends up being the MAGA repub nominee. Those that want to run should focus on 2028.

[Escurumbele]

24. You are 100% correct. Another narcissist trying to get the spotlight.

Because it is "about our Democracy" is exactly why he should give that money that he is going to waste to help Biden win, unless of course he has some hidden deals with the GOP.

[NotHardly]

26. Just another Moocher on the Money Train pretending to care... a Republican in drag

[Wild blueberry]

27. Go home

No one wants you.

[ebbie15644]

28. Why

Are we giving this oxygen?

[claudette]

29. Who?

Never heard of him. Besides, I believe he was paid by a GOPER billionaire to do this. But, he will NEVER win the primary against President Biden. Most of us have never heard of him.

Saw this on (of all things) The Daily Mail!

"....Joe Biden's Dem challenger Dean Phillips received maximum campaign donation from GOP megadonor Harlan Crow - known for lavishing expensive gifts on Justice Clarence Thomas...."

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ushome/index.html

(P.S. I can understand if no one wants to open the link to that rag, but I couldn't find that claim elsewhere.)

[LZ1234]

31. Now is not the time

for this kind of stunt

[WhiteTara]

32. [phone]

I suggest a phone call that suggests he stick to building toy trucks in Minnetonka, MN. Ok, maybe don't ridicule him; but he's not the future unless he's really a republican and is flying a false flag and the goal is tyranny.