Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) announced on Friday that he is running for the Democrat presidential nomination against President Joe Biden because he believes that Biden will lose in 2024.
The 54-year-old had publicly flirted with the idea for months as he has tried to encourage other, more prominent Democrats to jump into the race after saying earlier this year that he planned on running for president one day, but he wasn’t sure if he was ready at this moment in time.
Dean stepped down from his leadership position within the House Democrats over his public calls for others to step up and challenge Biden.
Dean announced during an interview with CBS News that he was now seeking the party’s nomination for president, saying that he could not sit silent anymore about Biden’s poor poll numbers.
He said that his presidential campaign was going to center around four key topics.
“First and foremost, it will be about the economy. We have to make life more affordable for the middle class,…