Phillips: Most in Congress expected Biden not to run in 2024
Dean Phillips · In conversation with Dean Phillips · Nov 17, 2023 · at 22:47
Democratic Representative and presidential candidate Dean Phillips discusses why high-profile Democratic leaders were preparing presidential bids before Joe Biden decided to run for re-election.
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“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.”
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