Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) has called Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) “over and over again” for betting on President Biden to win a landslide victory. He said he was humiliated.
Fetterman appeared on CNN’s Abby Phillips on Friday night, where he mocked the mention of Phillips’ name. He was responding to a video of Phillips in which he said Democrats should have done more to “pass the torch” to Biden as questions about the president’s age and mental capacity continue to cloud his reelection efforts.
“What’s sad is that you have a guy who has so much money that he wants to piss it off and somehow help Trump at this point. I mean, he has a right to do it, but what? I was just humiliated over and over again.” Mr. Fetterman emphasized Mr. Mediaite, saying:
Phillips announced in October that he would challenge Biden for the Democratic nomination. After previously indicating he would not run, Phillips said Biden had done a great job as president, but now was the time to offer someone younger to lead.
Phillips is one of the wealthiest members of Congress and the heir to his father-in-law’s distilling company empire. He is also a former co-owner of gelato company Talenti.
Fetterman claimed that Phillips, like other Republican candidates who have jumped into the race against former President Trump, is “irrelevant.”
“In the end, it’s going to be the same choice: Trump or Biden,” Fetterman predicted.
Last month, Phillips backed away from his original plan to suspend his campaign by March 5 if he did not gain enough momentum. He said in January that he intended to remain in the race “as long as necessary” before running against Trump.
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