Rep. Dean Phillips reached out to several Democratic governors earlier this year imploring them to challenge President Biden in the 2024 primary elections before launching his own long-shot campaign.
Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) reached out to several Democratic governors earlier this year imploring them to challenge President Biden in the 2024 primary elections before launching his own long-shot campaign against the incumbent.
Phillips’ outreach proved fruitless and only staffers for Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker would listen to his pitch.
“They had their staff take the call,” Phillips said in an interview with the Atlantic, published Friday.
“They wouldn’t take the call.”
“Gretchen Whitmer’s aide was very thoughtful … JB Pritzker’s delegate was somewhat unfriendly,” the Democratic presidential hopeful added.
Phillips, who kicked off his campaign to unseat the 80-year-old president on Friday, also noted during the wide-ranging interview that he found the behavior of his opponent’s troubled son, Hunter Biden, to be “appalling.
