The Minnesota Democrat is now taking concrete steps towards challenging Joe Biden.
Rep. Dean Phillips has regularly called for President Joe Biden to face a 2024 primary challenger, criticizing the president for not “pass the torch” to the next generation of Democratic leaders. | J. Scott Applewhite/APhas begun making calls to Democratic operatives and officials in New Hampshire, the latest step he’s taken toward launching a primary challenge against President Joe Biden.
“I called Chairman Buckley yesterday to introduce myself as I contemplate entering the Democratic primary,” he said. “It was a very friendly conversation.”withdrew from House Democratic leadership Phillips’ moves in New Hampshire come on the heels of the state losing its status as the first-in-the-nation primary after the Democratic National Committee revamped the presidential nominating calendar. Earlier this month,because of the state’s plans to host its own primary ahead of South Carolina, which is now the first presidential nominating state during the 2024 presidential cycle.
Jim Demers, a political consultant who is helping to lead the write-in effort for Biden, called Phillips’ run “a ridiculous idea.”
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