Dean Phillips overperforms in New Hampshire against Biden with 21% of the vote: Democratic longshot say Joe 'cannot win' in 2024 and vows to keep his campaign going

Daily Mail ^ | 1/24/24 | Nikki Schwab

[Libloather]

Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips vowed to press on after garnering about 21 percent of the vote in Tuesdsay's Democratic primary in New Hampshire.

Phillips and self-help guru Marianne Williamson were the only Democrats to appear by name on the Granite State ballot due to the Democratic National Committee's decision to skip over New Hampshire and make South Carolina first.

As soon as polls closed at 8 p.m., CNN and The Associated Press almost immediately called the race for President Joe Biden, as his supporters mounted a write-in campaign in the state.

'Joe Biden is a good man. He is a fine man. Yes, he is everybody,' Phillips said, when one supporter yelled that wasn't the case. 'He's our president. But I've gotta tell you, everyone, he cannot win. The polls are saying he cannot win, his approval numbers are saying he can't win.'

Additionally, Phillips pointed out, 'an unknown congressman from Minnesota' was just able to capture 21 percent. 'So I'm here, to say are you ready to keep this baby going?' he asked the cheering crowd gathered at Manchester's Millyard Museum.

He noted to supporters that his bid was only 10 weeks old - and so support could only grow

'And we just won 20 percent tonight and nobody knew who we were 10 weeks ago,' the Minnesota congresman said.

'So I've gotta say man if we had 20 weeks, watch the heck out!'

Phillips said he would take his campaign to South Carolina for the state's February 3 Democratic primary and then onto Michigan, which holds a primary later in the month.

In what wasn't quite a Dean Scream, Phillips said, 'I've had so much darn fun, I don't know what to do with myself!'

[Libloather]

Dean doesn't know about the Deep State. That's adorable.

[roving]

He is a longshot, all right. I didn’t know he was running.

[cgbg]

If he thinks Biden is a good man he is in serious need of mental health intervention before he hurts himself or others.

[DannyTN]

I’ve never heard of him. I thought he was Howard Dean for a moment.

YEEE HAAWWWW!!!

[jmaroneps37]

This is some kind of a trick right Surrender Monkeys?
Get up and screech!
This guy Phillips is a Trump plant right Surrender Monkeys?

[pas]

Shows how dumb many Dem voters are. They only know how to check boxes on the Dem side. It came to having to actually write in someone and they were lost.