President Joe Biden delivers remarks about government regulations on artificial intelligence systems during an event in the East Room of the White House, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, in Washington. visited a family-run farm in Minnesota on Wednesday and is holding a fundraiser featuring many of the state's top Democrats, championing his administration's investments in rural America while flexing political muscle on the home turf of his new 2024 primary challenger, Rep.
White House spokesman Andrew Bates said the Minnesota swing was planned before Phillips announced his candidacy last week “and has no relationship” to the president's challenger. But the congressman is the only elected Democrat to campaign against him for the White House. Martin is a friend of Phillips and recruited him to run for his House seat. But if Phillips believes that people are clamoring for alternatives to Biden, Martin said, “he may be alone in that thinking amongst Democratic Party leaders."
“I have to say this about Minnesota: it’s a great state, full of great people. And sometimes they do crazy things,” Walz wrote, such as making"political sideshows for themselves.” During his speech, Biden said the effort “is about investing in rural America, its about something else as well. It’s about restoring pride in rural communities that had been left behind for far too long.”
Biden's campaign put out a statement as Phillips announced his bid last week, saying it was"hard at work mobilizing the winning coalition that President Biden can uniquely bring together." That's after ignoring previous primary challenges from self-help author