Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips announced Thursday night that he would be launching a long-shot Democratic primary challenge to President Joe Biden.
“I am. I have to,” Phillips said when asked by CBS News if he was running for president. “I think President Biden has done a spectacular job for our country, but it’s not about the past. This is an election about the future. I will not sit still, I will 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, 54, made the announcement in a pre-taped interview with CBS that was set to air on Friday, the same day that he is expected to file to appear on the ballot for the still-unscheduled New Hampshire primary in January. Biden, 80, will not be filing to be on the ballot because the state did not comply with the calendar adopted by the Democratic National Committee that took away New Hampshire’s status as the first state to have a primary.
