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Home Front: Politix
Dean Phillips announces he won't seek House re-election in 2024
2023-11-25
[NYPOST] Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) announced Friday he won’t seek re-election to Congress in 2024, nearly a month after launching a primary challenge to President Biden for the Democratic nomination.

"My journey to public service began the morning after the 2016 election, when I faced the reality that democracy requires participation — not observation," Phillips said in a statement, referencing former President Donald Trump
...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US...
’s upset victory over Crooked Hillary Clinton
...former first lady, former secretary of state, former presidential candidate, Conqueror of Benghazi, Heroine of Tuzla, formerly described by her supporters as the smartest woman in the world, usually described by the rest of us as The Thing That Wouldn't Go Away. Politix is not one of her talents, but it's something she keeps trying to do...
"Seven years have passed, each presenting historic opportunities to practice a brand of optimistic politics that repairs relationships and improves people’s lives. We have met those moments, and after three terms it is time to pass the torch."

The representative from Minnesota’s Third Congressional District kicked off his presidential campaign on Oct. 26, declaring that Biden, 81, must step aside as polls showed their party’s chances in the 2024 election were dire if he insisted on running for a second term.
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Posted by:Fred

#2  West Virginee's Joe Manchin pulled the same stunt, if I recall.

Seems like a few swampsters are not seeking re-election in 2024. It would be kinda funny if those flight manifests subpoenaed recently might be a reason.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2023-11-25 12:22  

#1  It’s great to discover that you never knew about a loser at his retirement announcement. Technically he is still running for president, but, to date, quitting the House has been his only blip on the radar of America’s political landscape.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-11-25 09:48  

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