Rep. Phillips Plans to Submit Late Presidential Bid; White House Dismisses It – One America News Network
According to two individuals familiar with the outreach who spoke to the press, three months ago, as
However, Biden did not answer the phone, according to the insiders.
The White House Chief of Staff, Jeff Zients, informed
Biden’s advisers have since expressed a “mild” reaction since
The underlying idea is to portray
“We appreciate the congressman’s almost 100% support of this president,” said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
White House spokesman Andrew Bates reiterated this point when questioned about
“When it comes to President Biden’s official work, the administration appreciates that Congressman Phillips has voted for nearly 100% of the president’s legislative agenda,” Bates asserted.
Additionally, in a statement, Bates said that he was legally unable to comment on the presidential election or the “primaries in Minnesota’s 3rd congressional district”—a not-so-subtle reference to
Having been elected in the 2018 Democrat wave,
He has also cited surveys that indicate a majority of Americans—including Democrats—do not want Biden to run for reelection due to his unpopular ratings.
However, he did praise Biden as a “wonderful and remarkable man,” in an August appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” while simultaneously saying that it was time for him to “pass the torch” to a new generation of younger Democrat leadership.
According to polls, Biden and former President Donald Trump appear to be almost deadlocked.
Given his stance on the 2024 election,
Insiders close to Biden pointed out that
Another Biden source also said that
The Biden campaign declared on Tuesday that although the president does not want to be on the 2024 Democratic primary ballot in New Hampshire, he still expects to be on the ballot for the general election.
The Democrat National Committee had proposed making South Carolina, not New Hampshire, the first state to hold presidential primary elections earlier this year. The primary date for New Hampshire is still pending.
In August,
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