A lot of people learned who Dean Phillips is last week.
The three-term Minnesota congressman launched a late, long-shot bid for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination on Friday, saying the move is about ushering in a new generation of leadership and a candidate who can best Donald Trump.
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“My friends, it is time for a change, and I am ready to lead our great nation to a secure and a more prosperous future,” Phillips said upon making the announcement. “I do so not in opposition to President [Joe] Biden, who has my affection and my gratitude, rather with two core convictions.”
The first of those convictions, he continued, is that he is the Democratic candidate who can win the 2024 presidential election. The second, perhaps related, conviction is that it is “time for the torch to be passed to a new generation of American leaders.”
At 54, Phillips aims to contrast his relative youth with the 80-year-old Biden, in much th …
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