‘I really don't see what he is doing’: Jayapal baffled by Phillips' White House bid
“I'm sorry, I have no idea what he is running on that is different from what President Biden is running on,” she said.
Rep. Dean Phillips’ White House bid is leaving at least one of his colleagues dumbfounded.
“Everyone's got the right to run, but I'm sorry, I have no idea what he is running on that is different from what President Biden is running on,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) said Sunday during an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
Phillips launched his longshot bid in New Hampshire on Friday, pointing to polls that show voters are wary of a Biden rematch with former President Donald Trump in 2024.
“I believe that the president is one of the few — one of the few — Democrats that can lose to Donald Trump, and that’s why somebody has got to compete,” Phillips told POLITICO on Friday. “I’m ready. I’m very ready.”
But the three-term Minnesota congressman and millionaire businessman isn’t getting much support from within the party — including in his home state.
“He took the same bold stances that President Biden has taken in this country on domestic issues. And I really don't see what he is doing,” Jayapal said Sunday, adding that she supports Biden’s reelection bid.
