Presidential candidate Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) is considering running on a bipartisan unity ticket with Nikki Haley.
Phillips, who calls himself a moderate, first suggested on Friday that he could be Haley’s vice president during a media appearance.
From The Hill:
“I think it’s a conversation that Ambassador Haley and I should have, if that’s what this comes down to,” Phillips said in a Thursday interview on Minneapolis’s News Talk 830 WCCO, first highlighted by Mediaite.
Phillips said “in the event of a Donald Trump victory this November,” he thinks “any American who opposes that, should celebrate, encourage and inspire an alternative that can actually win and lead our country in the way that people want, and I think anybody, including myself, should keep open minds and hearts about that.”
“I hope Nikki Haley does, and I think America could be very well served by some type of a bipartisan ticket that restores faith in government and most importantly, demonstrates to the world — to the world — that America can work together and restore its extraordinary brand around the entire world,” Phillips said.
The Minnesota Democrat launched a campaign against Biden that has centered on the president’s age and argued the incumbent is too great a risk to lose in November. Phillips has repeatedly argued that Democrats should nominate someone else to improve their chances.
The Twin Cities area congressman is currently polling at 5.6% in the Democratic presidential primary, according to the RealClearPolitics average.
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