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Dean Phillips

14 statements across 2 episodes · 3 bullish · 5 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Nov 17, 2023 by Dean Phillips · said 39 times in 17 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

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brought up most by Jason Calacanis (23), Chamath Palihapitiya (5), Tom Emmer (3), David Sacks (3), David Friedberg (3)

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2023 2 mentions in 1 episode

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Everything said about Dean Phillips, oldest first

Nov 17, 2023 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
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 Nov 17, 2023 ▶ 14:46 In conversation with Dean Phillips
Nov 17, 2023
Disclosure
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…”
Dean Phillips Nov 17, 2023 ▶ 23:46 In conversation with Dean Phillips
Nov 17, 2023
Disclosure
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.”
Dean Phillips Nov 17, 2023 ▶ 24:44 In conversation with Dean Phillips
Nov 17, 2023
Assertion Supported
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.”
Dean Phillips Nov 17, 2023 ▶ 1:18:52 In conversation with Dean Phillips
Nov 17, 2023 negative
Assertion Contradicted
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?”
Dean Phillips Nov 17, 2023 ▶ 26:45 In conversation with Dean Phillips
Nov 17, 2023 bullish
Disclosure
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.”
David Sacks Nov 17, 2023 ▶ 1:22:46 In conversation with Dean Phillips
Nov 17, 2023 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
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.”
Dean Phillips Nov 17, 2023 ▶ 1:05:16 In conversation with Dean Phillips
Nov 17, 2023 bearish
Prediction Held up
Friedberg: Dean Phillips stands no chance in primary if Biden runs
“I think if Joe Biden runs, he obviously doesn't stand a chance just based on the structural issues that he described.”
David Friedberg Nov 17, 2023 ▶ 1:23:52 In conversation with Dean Phillips
Nov 17, 2023 bearish
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Phillips: Marianne Williamson will fail to get on state primary ballots
“Marianne Williamson? You know, she, she's not gonna be able to.”
Dean Phillips Nov 17, 2023 ▶ 27:25 In conversation with Dean Phillips
Nov 17, 2023
Assertion Not checkable as stated
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.”
Dean Phillips Nov 17, 2023 ▶ 22:47 In conversation with Dean Phillips
Nov 17, 2023 positive
Disclosure
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.”
Dean Phillips Nov 17, 2023 ▶ 49:24 In conversation with Dean Phillips
Nov 17, 2023 neutral
Prediction Didn’t hold up
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…”
Dean Phillips Nov 17, 2023 ▶ 27:08 In conversation with Dean Phillips
Nov 17, 2023 negative
Opinion
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…”
Dean Phillips Nov 17, 2023 ▶ 14:58 In conversation with Dean Phillips
Nov 8, 2024
What-if
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.”
Jason Calacanis Nov 8, 2024 ▶ 39:38 Trump wins! How it happened and what's next
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