Rep. Dean Phillips says the quiet part out loud as poll after poll shows Democrats heading for election disaster under Biden.
Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dean Phillips (Minn.) warned his party that any belief that Joe Biden can defeat former President Donald Trump in 2024 is “delusional.”
Phillips, a previous a Biden supporter who is now running against the 81-year-old for the Democratic presidential nomination, urged voters on Saturday to consider a different candidate to represent the party in 2024.
“As a member of House Democratic Leadership, I supported and promoted the Biden agenda,” Phillips wrote on X. “I campaigned for him, voted for him, and respect him. But how can anyone read this and conclude he’s positioned to defeat Donald Trump?”
“It’s delusional,” Phillips concluded.
As a member of House Democratic Leadership, I supported and promoted the Biden agenda.
I campaigned for him, voted for him, and respect him.
But how can anyone read this and conclude he’s positioned to defeat Donald Trump?
It’s delusional.https://t.co/iNdcFQmMH2
— Congressman Dean Phillips ?? (@deanbphillips) November 25, 2023
Phillips also included a Politico article in his post describing how Biden’s polling keeps get worse and worse, especially among young voters and minorities — groups he counted on in 2020.
From Politico:
November started with New York Times/Siena College polls showing Trump ahead in four of the six swing states, but more indicators of Biden’s electoral peril soon followed. The president’s standing in head-to-head matchups with Trump is falling: Among the latest surveys this month from 13 separate pollsters, Biden’s position is worse than their previous polls in all but two of them.”
And while polls suggest most of the movement comes from voters abandoning Biden — who might become undecided but not swing to supporting Trump — the Republican has also started to gain steam. Trump’s vote share in the national polling average is higher now than at any point in the past year.
Phillips announced his run against Biden last month, warning that polls are “so clearly saying that we’re going to be facing an emergency next November.”
“I will not sit still and not be quiet in the face of numbers that are so clearly saying that we’re going to be facing an emergency next November,” Phillips said, claiming another Trump term would be a “crisis moment for American democracy.”
BREAKING: Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) is running for president, challenging Pres. Biden in the Democratic primary race.
He tells @costareports and @CBSMornings he won’t “be quiet” as polling numbers “are so clearly saying that we’re going to be facing an emergency next November.” pic.twitter.com/7tP0QJaKgJ
— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) October 27, 2023
