After a lackluster performance on Super Tuesday, Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) has dropped out of the race for the Democrat presidential nomination and thrown his support behind President Joe Biden.
“It is clear that Joe Biden is OUR candidate and OUR opportunity to demonstrate what type of country America is and intends to be,” he posted on X, formerly Twitter.
Mr. Phillips had not yet won a single delegate. President Biden has so far won more than 1,400 delegates. In Minnesota’s Democrat primary, “Uncommitted,” a protest option for those seeking a ceasefire in Gaza, won 11 delegates.
He made the announcement on a local Minnesota radio station, WCCO, where he had earlier floated the idea of a unity ticket with former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who also dropped out.
“Let’s use invitation, not confrontation, to welcome Haley supporters, Trump supporters, and Uncommitted supporters to get this done,” he wrote on X.
Unlike Mr. Phillips, Ms. Haley has not endorsed the effective standard-bearer for her party, President Trump, who is not yet the presumptive nominee.
“It is now up to Donald Trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not support him. And I hope he does,” she said.
Mr. Phillips’ X post began by lauding President Biden.
“In 2011, I hosted then VP Biden at my home. Most notable was his empathy and kindness to my daughters and the catering staff, with whom he sat and had ice cream [surprise-surprise],” he wrote.
The departure has left the Democrat field smaller than ever as President Biden comes closer to being the presumptive nominee for his party.
Marianne Williamson, another minor candidate, recently relaunched her bid. Her latest post on X references Gabriel Shipton’s plans to wear a “Free Julian Assange” pin to President Biden’s upcoming State of the Union address.
“I hope President Biden sees it,” she wrote.
From The Epoch Times
