Dean Phillips
person on 3 shows · 14 statements across 2 episodes · said 44 times in 19 episodes since 2023
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2025 11 mentions in 4 episodes 3 per episode
- Inauguration Interviews: Trump's Talent, Dem Rebrand & more w/ Whip Emmer, Reps Swalwell & Khanna
- Talenti: Josh Hochschuler
- Big Beautiful Bill, Elon/Trump, Dollar Down Big, Harvard's Money Problems, Figma IPO
- White House BTS, Google buys Wiz, Treasury vs Fed, Space Rescue
- every mention in 2025, scene by scene →
2024 31 mentions in 14 episodes 2 per episode
- Biden chaos, Soft landing secured? AI sentiment turns bearish, French elections
- Presidential Debate Reaction, Biden Hot Swap?, Tech unemployment, OpenAI considers for-profit & more
- Trump verdict, COVID Cover-up, Crypto Corner, Salesforce drops 20%, AI correction?
- E166: Mind-blowing AI Video: OpenAI launches Sora + Is Biden too old? Tucker/Putin interview & more
- Inflated GDP?, Google earnings, How the media lost trust, Rogan/Trump search controversy, Election!
- Crypto Roundtable with Nick Tomaino & Kyle Samani: US Elections, NFTs, and Trump | E1100 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- DOGE kills its first bill, Zuck vs OpenAI, Google's AI comeback
- Trump wins! How it happened and what's next
- 6 more episodes that year, every mention in 2024 →
2023 2 mentions in 1 episode
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14 statements about Dean Phillips, every show
Calacanis: A Dean Phillips and Josh Shapiro ticket would have easily beaten Trump
“If you had picked Dean Phillips and Shapiro, I think they would have beat Trump very easily or because remember Trump was phenomenally unpopular.”
Phillips claims US lawmakers spend 10,000 hours weekly on fundraising
“10,000 hours per week is what senators and House members spend raising money.”
Dean Phillips calls PAC check transfers before committee hearings legal corruption
“That a PAC representing a special interest or corporation can hand a 5000 dollar check to a member of Congress at a steakhouse on Wednesday evening And then that member serves on a committee in which that business or special interest has business in front of t…”
Phillips: Most in Congress expected Biden not to run in 2024
“Most members of Congress thought he was going to stand down. That's why Newsom and Pritzker and Whitmer and so many others were kind of making their plans.”
Whitmer and Pritzker refused Phillips's calls and asked to remain unnamed
“I called Gretchen Whitmer. I called J.B. Pritzker. I made public calls to the candidates whose names are better known than me to jump in. You know, the water's warm, you guys. It's a Democratic primary. That's what we do. Not only did those two not take my cal…”
Phillips: Security is currently the largest expense in his campaign budget
“And biggest line item in my budget right now, by the way, is security. The biggest line item, the second biggest line item that's going to surpass that is getting onto the ballot.”
Phillips: Getting on primary ballots in New York or Virginia costs $500k
“New York, Virginia 450 to 500,000 dollars to pay consulting firms, to pay people 25, 26 dollars per signature to just sit outside and just say, hey, can we get your signature to get this guy on a ballot?”
Phillips: Campaign needs $5 million just to get on primary ballots
“And we would need it, we would need a, well, we're going to have to raise probably six, maybe, I'm sorry, maybe, maybe, maybe less than that, maybe five million dollars. We have a staff of three people right now, and legal counsel, just to get my name on a pri…”
Phillips: Marianne Williamson will fail to get on state primary ballots
“Marianne Williamson? You know, she, she's not gonna be able to.”
Phillips: Would deploy U.S. Special Forces to rescue American hostages
“I would, absolutely. It is the, it is incumbent on the president of the United States to extract Americans being held against their will by any foreign entity.”
Phillips: US national health insurance program would not require tax increase
“The money's in the system. Would not require a tax increase. I think we could actually save substantial money.”
Phillips: Polling at 15% in New Hampshire two weeks after launch
“I, by the way, I'm at 15% in New Hampshire after just two weeks.”
Sacks says he would vote for Dean Phillips over Nikki Haley
“If it came down to a choice between Dean Phillips as the Democratic nominee and someone like Nikki Haley as a Republican nominee, I'd vote for Dean Phillips all day long.”