Rep. Dean Phillips, the Minnesota Democrat who mounted a failed primary challenge to President Biden last year, said fellow Democratic lawmakers are now privately lamenting to him they did not take his campaign more seriously.
Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., gestures while addressing a gathering during a campaign stop on Jan. 18, 2024, in Manchester, N.H. Phillips ended his long-shot 2024 Democratic presidential bid on Wednesday after failing to win a primary contest …last year, said fellow Democratic lawmakers are now privately lamenting to him they did not take his campaign more seriously.
“It won’t surprise anybody that the likelihood of my candidacy succeeding was secondary to the likelihood of it inspiring the conversation I was trying to inspire,” Mr.told reporters. “I’m disappointed with those in power in my party for not heeding that call at a time where they all knew the same thing I did — absolutely.”called his long-shot bid a “mission of principle” and that it was not supposed to be “easy” or “painless.
“I knew it would have consequences, and it did,” he said. “…I care about the country, president, my colleagues and I care about truth. And I’m deeply disappointed in a political system that has resulted in this dynamic that we now face.”“I’m not seeing cognitive decline. Of course, we’re seeing physical and communication decline. I think that’s self-evident by any video, but I don’t think that is fair,” Mr.
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