Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) called President Biden “unelectable and weak” at a campaign event in New Hampshire, where Biden is scheduled to skip the first Democratic presidential primary this week. he vehemently criticized.
Phillips is challenging Biden in the Democratic primary, making New Hampshire his best chance. Biden opted to sit out the state's primary altogether after New Hampshire refused to cede its first primary slot to South Carolina.
Biden supporters are organizing a write-in campaign to prevent Phillips from winning, but he has said he still wants to secure at least 20% of the vote.
“Unfortunately, it shows that the incumbent president is unelectable and weak and can actually deliver on the promises that have been made for generations,” Phillips told reporters at a campaign event. “I think it's going to show the country that we have a candidate here.”
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Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) called President Biden “unelectable and weak” at a campaign event in New Hampshire, where Biden is scheduled to skip the first Democratic presidential primary this week. he vehemently criticized. (Fox News – Paul Steinhauser)
“If you listen to voters, people feel that he is at a stage in life that is incompatible with leading the free world. And the same is true of Donald Trump,” he added.
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Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang endorsed Phillips in New Hampshire last week, saying Biden's aging candidacy was stifling the Democratic Party.
Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang endorsed Phillips in New Hampshire last week, saying Biden's aging candidacy was stifling the Democratic Party. (Fox News – Monica Oros)
“If you want to run for president, now is the time. In this time of need, only one person has decided to put his country above his professional aspirations,” Yang said. “That is the man I am proudly supporting tonight as the next president of the United States: Dean Phillips.”
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While Yang praised Biden, he said ultimately the party will have a hard time “reinventing Grandpa.”
“He's a substantive, accomplished president. I campaigned for him in 2020. I supported him,” Yang said of Biden. “He's a good man, a true public servant, and a great American. He was the right candidate four years ago. He's not the right candidate in 2024.”
Phillips and Yang argue that President Biden is too old to be re-elected and that Democrats cannot “reinvent Grandpa.” (Yuri Gripas/Abaka/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Polls in recent months have repeatedly shown that an overwhelming majority of Americans, and even Democrats, think Mr. Biden is too old to lead effectively in a second term.
Reuters contributed to this report.
