President Joe Biden is headed to Minnesota to visit a family-run farm south of Minneapolis and hold a fundraiser featuring many of the state’s top Democrats
President Joe Biden delivers remarks about government regulations on artificial intelligence systems during an event in the East Room of the White House, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, in Washington. is headed to Minnesota to visit a family-run farm south of Minneapolis and hold a fundraiser featuring many of the state's top Democrats, aimed to demonstrate political clout on the home turf of his new 2024 primary challenger, Rep.
Phillips is a moderate, 54-year-old congressman from the largely well-to-do, comfortably Democratic Minneapolis suburbs. He has been saying since last year that Biden shouldn't be seeking reelection and should instead step aside to make way for a new generation. He points to polls showing voters — even many Democrats — concerned about the 80-year-old president's age and electability against Donald Trump, the former president and Republican front-runner.
“There really does not seem to be as much of an opening here, as much as he might want, or think there is, or should be," he said. Prominent Black Democrats, meanwhile, have slammed Phillips for focusing his early campaign on New Hampshire, which is overwhelmingly white, in defiance of thethat has South Carolina going first. The move is meant to better empower Black and minority voters — but Biden also did far better as a 2020 Democratic primary candidate in South Carolina,“Any serious Democratic candidate would understand that Black voters are the backbone of the Democratic Party,” said Mississippi Democratic Rep.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre wouldn't comment on Biden hitting Phillips' home state beyond telling reporters that"this president loves Minnesota.”
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