So much for good Minnesota.
Sen. Ailing Tina Smith (D-Minn.) took a shot at fellow Gopher Stater Rep. Dean Phillips on Wednesday night, mocked his primary challenge to President Biden
“I would feel terrible if I showed up and made everybody sick,” Smith, who has the flu, said in a video message played at the Washington Press Club Foundation’s annual Congressional Dinner.
“The only way it’s going to work is if everyone agrees to get up and leave the room when I start talking,” Smith, 65, added before coming to the punch line.
“You know, like a Dean Phillips rally.”
Phillips, 55, was pitied and mocked last month after New Hampshire voters no-showed a scheduled event in the state’s largest city ahead of the Jan. 23 election, where he received less than 20% of the vote.
“Poor Dean,” continued Smith, whose remarks were first reported by Politico.
Sen. Tina Smith blasted her Minnesota colleague for not dropping out of the 2024 race. Getty Images
“He really lost in New Hampshire, but he stayed on the ballot for South Carolina, because you can’t spell Dean Phillips with just one ‘L.’”
While most Democratic officials either ignored or criticized Phillips for challenging Biden, Smith’s grilling represented the sharpest attack yet on the outgoing congressman.
A spokeswoman for the senator declined to expand on Smith’s comments, while the Phillips campaign did not immediately respond to inquiries from The Post.
Representative Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) speaks at the South Carolina “First in the Nation” dinner at the South Carolina State Fairgrounds in Columbia, SC, Saturday, Jan. 27. 2024 AP
Biden received 63.9% of the vote in New Hampshire despite not being listed on the primary ballot due to a scheduling dispute between state officials and the Democratic National Committee.
The Minnesota congressman hopes to make a splash in the Granite State and convince voters to vote for him because of Biden’s age and his inability to defeat Donald Trump in November.
Phillips is indeed moving on to South Carolina, where Democrats hold their official primary on Saturday, and hopes to make it through Super Tuesday on March 5.
Dean Phillips greets a supporter as he arrives at Londonderry High School during the presidential primary election, in Londonderry, New Hampshire. Reuters
At a New Hampshire rally last month, Phillips told reporters that he had spent $5 million of his own funds on his campaign and planned to spend more.
“This is the most important philanthropic effort of my life, and it’s expensive, and I’m putting up $5 million — which is a lot more than expected,” said Phillips, who made his fortune in part through his ownership of the Talenti gelato company. .
“We’re now starting to see Americans from all over the country starting to help us without any real financial mechanism, without any access to the Democratic machine or donor lists, and it’s really exciting,” he continued, “so I’m going to do what it takes, because I think it’s important.”
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