CHICAGO—Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) said he celebrated when President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race on July 21.
Phillips, who briefly ran a long-shot campaign against Biden primarily questioning the candidate’s age and fitness for another term, said he was happy to see his “fundamental mission” was completed.
He said that, had Biden stayed in the race, the Democratic National Convention (DNC) could well be a “funeral” with the party’s candidate entering the home stretch of the presidential race as a clear underdog. Instead, he said, the Chicago event will be the “rebirth of a party.”
“My mission was to inspire the very energy that’s palpable in this building,” Phillips told The Epoch Times at the DNC on Aug. 20….