{"id":1992676,"date":"2023-08-06T19:35:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T23:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-dean-phillips-urges-certain-democrats-to-primary-biden-they-know-who-they-are\/"},"modified":"2023-08-06T19:35:44","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T23:35:44","slug":"democrat-dean-phillips-urges-certain-democrats-to-primary-biden-they-know-who-they-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-dean-phillips-urges-certain-democrats-to-primary-biden-they-know-who-they-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Dean Phillips urges specific Dems to challenge Biden in primaries."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-dean-phillips-urges-certain-democrats-to-primary-biden-they-know-who-they-are%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1992676&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Rep. Dean Phillips\u2063 Urges \u200bDemocrats to Jump in \u200cthe 2024\u2063 Presidential Race<\/h2>\n<p>During\u200b a Sunday interview on CBS News&#8217;\u2062 &#8220;Face the Nation&#8221; \u200cwith Major Garrett, Rep. Dean\u2063 Phillips \u2064(D-MN) made\u200c a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bernie-sanders-congress-must-demand-the-mass-production-of-n95-masks\/\" title=\"Bernie Sanders: 'Congress Must Demand the Mass Production' of N95 Masks\">passionate plea<\/a> to his fellow Democrats to consider running for president \u2063in \u200d2024 and\u2063 challenge President\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\">Joe \u2064Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Democrats\u2064 are telling\u200d me \u200dthat \u2064they \u200dwant, not a coronation, but they\u2063 want\u2063 a competition,&#8221;\u200d Phillips\u2062 emphasized. &#8220;The\u2062 New York Times poll\u200c from this week shows 55% of Democratic voters want some alternatives to the current people in the primary. 83% of those under 30. Democrats under \u200b30 want alternatives, \u200cand about\u2062 76% of\u2063 independents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Phillips \u2062believes that\u2062 if \u200bDemocrats \u2064do not present \u200dsomeone else as the party&#8217;s nominee in 2024,\u200b the consequences\u200b &#8220;are going \u200cto be \u200ddisastrous.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;So my call\u200d is\u200c to those \u200bwho are well positioned,\u2064 well prepared,\u2063 have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crenshaw-honors-fallen-capitol-officer-at-funeral-he-was-one-of-our-best\/\" title=\"Crenshaw Honors Fallen Capitol Officer At Funeral: \u2018He Was One Of Our Best\u2019\">good character<\/a> and competency, they know who\u2064 they are, to jump in, because Democrats and\u2064 the country need\u200c competition,&#8221; he urged.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While Phillips himself has not \u200bmade a \u200cdecision about running for president, he \u200cemphasized the importance of meeting the current moment and the country&#8217;s needs.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I do not\u2063 believe I&#8217;m\u200c well positioned to\u200d run for\u200d it right now,&#8221; he\u200d admitted. &#8220;People who are should\u200c jump in because we \u2062need to meet the moment.\u2064 The moment is now. That is what \u200cthe country is asking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Phillips expressed his \u200dbelief that Biden \u2063can defeat Trump but stressed the need for Biden to go through a process before it&#8217;s too\u200b late.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, \u200cPhillips also \u2062shared his concerns about\u2062 third<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-mexico-congressional-election-poses-early-test-for-democrats\/\" title=\"New Mexico Congressional Election Poses Early Test for Democrats\">-party candidates<\/a>,\u200b specifically mentioning Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and \u200bCornell West.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Anybody who wants to turn\u2062 the page and go to the future in \u200bthis\u200c country \u200bshould be worried about Cornell West&#8217;s candidacy,&#8221; Phillips warned. &#8220;Any third-party entrance\u2063 that would take votes from\u2064 whoever \u200dis going to take on the likely\u200d nominee from the GOP \u2064and that&#8217;s probably Donald Trump. So I would ask Mr. West, I\u200b would ask others \u200bwho\u200c are \u200ccontemplating third-party runs to\u2062 please think about your legacy, think about the future \u2063and consolidate \u2063around entering \u2062a Democratic primary because that&#8217;s why we \u2064have primaries.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Watch \u2064the interview:<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) encouraged fellow Democrats to enter the 2024 presidential race and challenge President Joe Biden. Speaking on CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face the Nation,&#8221; Phillips expressed his support for a competitive primary. While rumors suggest Phillips may run for president, he did not confirm his intentions during the interview.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":1992677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1992676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1992676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1992677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1992676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1992676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1992676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}