In 2011, I hosted then VP Biden at my home. Most notable was his empathy and kindness to my daughters and the catering staff, with whom he sat and had ice cream (surprise-surprise). His decency and wisdom were rarities in politics then, and even more so today.
Over a decade…
I’m attacked for being honest and saying the quiet part out loud - the part DC insiders only do in private.
I admire our President. I voted for him and campaigned for him. He has visited my home and been gracious to my family and our country.
But shame on all of you pretending…
As
@RepErikPaulsen
hides from voters and misrepresents his record and the truth, here's a little dose of humor based on fact: a Congressman who avoids voters at all costs, is the 6th biggest taker of PAC money in Congress and is bought and sold by special interests.
#Truth
#MN03
Still waiting for someone to explain how this is different than Iran’s tactics to guarantee the outcome of elections.
Not a single state GOP party has moved to make Trump the only candidate on the ballot.
Utter hypocrisy.
Four state Democratic parties have moved to make Biden the only candidate on the Democratic primary ballot for 2024
Florida
Massachusetts
North Carolina
Tennessee
I’ve sat at tables with Joe Biden and Donald Trump, and the contrasts in character & competency are graphic.
If the qualifying measures of a American President are integrity, experience, and empathy, there’s simply no comparison.
Joe Biden is the only bridge to a bright future.
The Democrats condemning my friendly visits with Trump supporters outside his rally are the same people coronating Joe Biden and questioning why America is so red.
That’s why we need a candidate who leads with invitation, not condemnation, of fellow Americans. 🇺🇸
67% of young people believe those of the Jewish faith, just .2% of the world population, are “oppressors”.
Something very wrong and very dangerous is happening in our high schools and colleges.
I’ve travelled to our southern border twice to bear witness.
It’s an unmitigated and inexcusable human crisis, national security crisis, and now constitutional crisis - all preventable with competent leadership.
As President, I’ll do so immediately and effectively.
A little known Congressman from Minnesota built a scrappy campaign with a passionate team just 10 weeks ago, and tonight earned 21% against an incumbent President with a 50 year head-start and the full force of a party behind him.
We’re just getting started! See y’all in South…
This is shameful and absolutely untrue.
The State of New Hampshire manages its elections with great integrity and efficiency, and Joe Biden won the NH Democratic primary election last evening fair and square.
~150 Christian-majority nations, ~50 Muslim-majority nations, almost each one established through bloodshed and displacement - including our own.
But it’s the 1 Jewish-majority nation, a multi-cultural democracy constantly under attack by its neighbors, that protestors wish to…
The morning after the 2016 election, I promised my daughters I’d do something. Today, they drove me to the airport for my flight to Washington to become a United States Congressman. Anything is possible.
I am running for President as a Democrat in 2024.
My campaign will be about four main things.
First and foremost, it will be about the economy. We have to make life more affordable for the middle class, which is the issue that voters care about most. We need to bring down the…
BREAKING: Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) is running for president, challenging Pres. Biden in the Democratic primary race.
He tells
@costareports
and
@CBSMornings
he won't "be quiet" as polling numbers "are so clearly saying that we’re going to be facing an emergency next November.”
The Democratic National Committee actively obstructs Democrats and Independents from ballot access - bleeding campaigns dry with lawsuits and absurd “signature requirements”.
I’ve had to spend ~$2m to successfully overcome their barriers in 40+ states so far.
Democrats should…
I’m happy to stand-in for President Biden and do the Super Bowl interview.
I also hold press conferences.
I debate.
I face voters.
I face the press.
And I face the future.
We have 8 year term limits for presidents, so why not term limits for Congress and the Supreme Court?
Eighteen years is more than enough time to learn, make a difference, then make space for others to serve.
Over 100 members of Congress have served > 18 years, and it’s time to…
Source: Democratic Party coronating 81 year old man in steep decline, with lowest approvals in history, and losing to dangerous and indicted man in every poll of consequence.
As the ONLY one of 535 in Congress who refuses money from:
1. PACs
2. Lobbyists
3. Members of Congress, and
4. Has no Leadership PAC (politician slush fund)
I cannot be bought.
And anyone who might even attempt to do so will learn a hard and very public lesson.
Not surprising an incumbent with approvals in the 35% range would only be at 54% among Democrats in NH.
But who would have imagined me at 32% and rising every week?
Change in coming, America!
#DropInDean
To all who say I’ve torpedoed my career in Congress.
You’re right. I have.
By listening to voters, studying polls, and helping save our country from another disaster.
America would be in better shape if more politicians were willing to torpedo their careers.
Worst approval since Jimmy Carter, who got crushed by Reagan.
4 points BELOW Donald Trump at the same point.
Down 8 in Michigan & Georgia.
Is anyone paying attention?
Despite my over-performance in Atkinson, I’m excited to get to work for
@JoeBiden
and ensure integrity, competency, and decency remain in the White House. Onward!
How can one “support democracy” while supporting the most unpopular and unelectable Democrat in the modern era?
He’s 4 points BELOW the man he barely beat in 2020. Hard to believe, but very true.
The delusion is dangerous and it’s not rocket science, folks. We need a different…
Neither
@marwilliamson
nor I inspired an insurrection.
Yet the
@DNC
is working to keep us off ballots and was served w/a cease & desist yesterday by the State of New Hampshire for the UNLAWFUL SUPPRESSION OF VOTERS.
Silence is complicity, and we won’t be silent. 🥊
In 2016, Joe Biden made the wrong decision by not running, and in 2024 he’s making the wrong decision by running.
It gives me angst, but someone in Washington has to be honest and say what the entire country knows.
Compare him at the 2016 convention (link below) to yesterday,…
I’m attacked for being honest and saying the quiet part out loud - the part DC insiders only do in private.
I admire our President. I voted for him and campaigned for him. He has visited my home and been gracious to my family and our country.
But shame on all of you pretending…
The only solution is to raise the bar to deter illegal immigration and lower the bar for legal immigration.
1. New buffer zone in Mexico, enhanced physical barriers, technologies, more agents, and reconstructed POEs.
2. Reform asylum policy to require filing and adjudication at…
As President, I will compose the most talented, bipartisan Cabinet in American history.
Not just politicians, but experienced leaders from diverse sectors with the capacity to manage large organizations, reduce costs, dramatically improve customer service, and employ innovative…
I’m running as a Democrat because I am a Democrat.
In ‘18, I resisted the delusional Donald Trump by flipping a seat for the first time since 1958.
In ‘24, I’m resisting the delusional DNC by challenging an unelectable Joe Biden.
I will do whatever it takes to defeat Donald…
Imagine if college students put as much energy into protecting reproductive rights, and reducing poverty, homelessness, crime, and other injustices. In America.
Imagine.
Is the bottom row the best America can do? Of course not. But it’s what the parties want.
Imagine how much better off America would be with an election between the top row.
I’ve built business and brands and studied the best successes in marketing history.
Never known one that generated 20% market share in just ten weeks, as we did last evening in New Hampshire.
We’re just getting started! 🇺🇸
Thank goodness democracy is being protected by the judiciary, because our political parties are eroding it right in front of our eyes.
I’ll keep exposing the truth and saying the quiet part out loud.
Please join me. 🇺🇸
Rep.
@deanbphillips
: President Biden is a good man. He is a man of principle, experience, and wisdom. I'm going to get behind President Biden because the alternative, Donald Trump, is a disaster
Joe Biden is hemorrhaging so much support that he’s now losing to Trump by 8 points in a key battleground state that recently elected two Democrats to the US Senate.
The delusion is disastrous.
I appreciate
@FoxNews
for affording me the opportunity to make the case for American repair and reconciliation.
“Angertainment” would have us believe we are more divided than we really are. Just have to get off our screens and convene. 🇺🇸
Democrats suppressing competition, suppressing voters, and suppressing debate. In America.
We did it by the book, but the party plays by its own rules.
Coronating an unelectable candidate and disenfranchising voters enables the erosion of democracy itself.
The President just said in Mankato, “if I lose Minnesota this time, I’m not coming back for terms 3, 4, 5, or 6”. Yes. The President of the United States just said that.
The truth hurts, but Joe Biden is not a viable general election candidate in ‘24.
The organized twitter mob can attack the facts all it wants. It just highlights how out-of-touch the establishment is with political reality.
When people in power place self-preservation over…
My dad, Capt. Artie Pfefer, was killed in Vietnam in July of 1969.
He wasn’t a loser. He was a 26 year-old of very modest means but filled with outsized dreams.
He loved his country, gave his life for it, and earned a Bronze Star in doing so.
#WeRespectVets
#WeRespectOurVets
The dysfunction in Washington is a national security threat to us and to democracies around the world.
Corruption, perverse rewards, poor leadership, and a culture of tenure over talent and self-preservation over principle are all to blame.
Until a new generation rises, we’ll…
Can we stop focusing on which elderly candidate makes more gaffes and start focusing on the crisis at our border, the economic & social disruption of AI, ending bloody wars, and reducing housing, healthcare, and education costs for hard-working American families?
Hey,
@joerogan
. I ran for President against both Joe Biden and Donald Trump, and would welcome a conversation with you about what I discovered along the way.
📈American Dream Accounts:
We endow every baby with $5,000 invested in the S&P 500.
In school, students track their assets on an app while learning financial management and entrepreneurship.
Conditioned on graduation from HS, young adults receive their $20,000+ account as…
To the thieves stealing campaign signs from my supporters’ lawns across the district and the criminals who broke into our Minnetonka campaign office overnight, the irony isn’t lost on me. Your disregard for law and stoking of fear and disorder, only increases my resolve.
Swing states Trump leading:
WI +5, PA +3, NV +8, GA +8, MI +5, NC +10, AZ +3
Swing states Biden leading:
-
(Bloomberg/Morning Consult 2024 GE, 4,956 RV 1/16-22)
Change has come! Heartfelt gratitude to Minnesota’s 3rd district for entrusting me with your representation in Congress, and a huge THANK YOU to our amazing staff and extraordinary volunteers. I am humbled, honored, and cannot wait to get to work! 🙌🏻
Medicare For All is a centrist, common sense solution to our unaffordable sick care disaster.
With 26mm uninsured, 90mm underinsured, the highest prices in the world, and mid-pack outcomes - we should be embarrassed.
We ensure public education for all and must ensure health…
I appreciate you, Dash, but a candidate losing in every battleground poll and facing the lowest approvals in history should exit the race, open the stage, and encourage a competition among next generation Democrats who can and will defeat Trump.
Marianne Williamson, Dean Phillips, Cornel West & Robert F Kennedy Jr should immediately suspend their campaigns and throw their full support behind President Biden. If they truly care about protecting our Democracy like they say they do, then they will drop out of the race today
The Wisconsin Supreme Court's ruling is the second time that Biden's state party allies have had their anti-democratic, improper conduct reversed. The first was by the Massachusetts Secretary of State.
If you're ready for change, I’m here to bring it. Invest today ⤵️…
I am humbled, honored and joyful to be on the House floor for the first time as a Congressman-elect. While great challenges await, the early spirit of collegiality and conversation amongst newly elected Democrats and Republicans make me hopeful about the future. Onwards!
The American brand is built on being a welcoming home for those seeking opportunity and freedom - and on the rule of law.
That’s why we must raise the bar to deter illegal immigration and lower the bar for legal immigration.
It’s just common sense.
Sure,
@BirkMatt
. This 2020 report from your alma mater, Harvard Univ, should suffice. Conversely, what evidence supports your decision to actively undermine faith in our elections? That might go a long way in giving Minnesotans facts rather than falsehoods.
Mr
@deanbphillips
- can you please cite the sources that recognize MN for our "secure and fair elections"? That might go a long way in giving Minnesotans faith in our system overseen by
@MNSteveSimon
A funny thing happens when you walk through the snow, meet voters, answer their questions, and make your case about how we can turn the page to a bright future.
From 0% to 28% in just ten weeks, and we’re just getting started.
I ❤️ New Hampshire!
#DropInDean
Anyone waking-up to what’s going on? Trump is +19 among Independents, the largest voting bloc in America.
The President must step aside and invite other candidates to compete for the nomination.
Winning a low turnout, primary popularity contest is NOT going to defeat Trump in…
Biden is now losing to Trump by 8 points in Michigan.
He should acknowledge reality, exit the race, and encourage a competition to determine who’s best able to defeat Trump or Haley.
The
@DNC
delusion is sleepwalking us to disaster.
I was troubled by a number of
@VivekGRamaswamy
’s contentions and propositions, but I celebrate political competition and the competitors who ensure it never ceases in the United States of America.
I love running for President, but today I had to make some tough decisions.
But with 75% of Americans saying Trump is too corrupt and Biden is too old, I’m not giving up!
If you’re ready for change, join me at !
1. Data drives my decisions, and it’s clear that Trump will defeat Biden.
2. I won’t run on top of a third-party ticket as it would benefit Trump.
3. West, Stein, & Kennedy are peeling ~6% from Biden. A Republican must run to pull votes from Trump.
4. I’ll never run for…
American Research Group’s newest poll (600 LV, 1/12-15) affirms what we already know.
After just 10 weeks, I’m +14 over Joe Biden among NH Independent voters - the very people who decide elections.
If we
#DropInDean
, America wins in November.
The ARG poll is showing something’s happening in New Hampshire.
From 0 to 32% in just ten weeks, and growing each week. Change is coming, America! 🇺🇸
#DropInDean
As the Supreme Court considers whether Donald Trump is an insurrectionist.
And the Special Counsel considers President Biden too forgetful to prosecute.
Just consider how great it’s going to feel with a new generation of leadership next January. Change is coming! 🇺🇸
I have an apology to make to
@BernieSanders
I had long dismissed his complaints about the rigged Democratic Party primary system. But you know what? He was right. And I apologize, Bernie.
Voter suppression (NH), candidate suppression (ballot access), and debate suppression…
Yup. I’m outside in the cold in NH listening to voters, answering their questions, and practicing democracy.
It’s the most joyful and invigorating American journey imaginable.
And I’ve got lots of leftover coffee if anyone’s thirsty. ☕️
“Sometimes if you build it, they don’t come,” Dean Phillips told reporters outside of the Manchester DoubleTree hotel this morning, after no voters showed up to his “Government Repair Truck Coffee Conversations” event in 22 degree weather.
It’s actually the opposite. The Party cheats to keep candidates off the ballot and suppress voters.
Then forces us to fork over $500k/state for “consultants” to obtain signatures.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court just ruled in our favor and exposed the corruption. Have a look. 👀
trump: 49%
biden: 43%
trump: 51%
harris: 40%
coronation: 100% disaster for democrats and the vulnerable we must protect and defend.
do we care about winning? or just whining?
A homeless woman approached me on the street tonight, so I bought shrimp fried rice & egg rolls for her Christmas dinner.
When I’m President, an America that spends almost $1 Trillion on its military will finally prioritize housing, feeding, and educating the very citizens it’s…
The same pollster that perfectly called Biden’s 2020 +4%, now shows him -9% versus Trump & Kennedy.
Why are we allowing this delusion and sleepwalking into a totally preventable disaster?
Every candidate for the highest office in the land should be compelled to face voters in unscripted environments, answer questions, and debate opponents.
It’s integral to the practice of American democracy.
Before the 1964 election, JFK called his Republican opponent, Barry Goldwater, and said he wanted them to visit every major US city together and hold a series of debates, like the Lincoln-Douglas debates a century earlier.
Should RFK Jr. and Trump do this in 2024? I’d say Biden…
I'll be clear - if my campaign is not viable after March 5th, I'll wrap it up and endorse the likely nominee - Biden or otherwise.
I will then campaign for them as vigorously as I'm campaigning now.
I'm not here for games - the goal is to maximize the odds of beating Trump.
@deanbphillips
Bottom line, can you get votes?
Are there funders who will back you?
How far do you plan to stay in this race of you can't get traction on March 5? Because that's only as long as you will last. Not saying this to be hostile. Being real.
Better make the most of your time now.