Rep. Dean Phillips Floats Primary Challenge To Biden

Playbook reports:

Rep. Dean Phillips is edging closer to challenging President Joe Biden for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination.

“I am thinking about it. I haven’t ruled it out,” the three-term congressman from Minnesota said Friday — before the latest round of bad polling news for Biden — in an interview with political strategist STEVE SCHMIDT for an episode of his podcast “The Warning” that will be out later this morning.

“I’m concerned that there is no alternative,” he said. “I’m concerned that something could happen between now and next November that would make the Democratic Convention in Chicago an unmitigated disaster.”

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I’m grateful for President Biden, an American hero who deserves to be honored as such. But polling, focus groups, and intuition are all screaming he’s at high risk of undoing his greatest achievement – which was stopping Donald Trump (h/t @IgnatiusPost). But it’s not too late. https://t.co/Jdii3ZEqCH

— Dean Phillips 🇺🇸 (@deanbphillips) September 16, 2023