Dem 2024 Challenger: ‘I Voted for Biden’s Policies’ But Now We Have Inflation, Border Crisis, ‘Crime in Cities & Chaos’

Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn), who’s entered into the 2024 presidential race to challenge Joe Biden, said that while he voted for Biden’s policies, they have only resulted in inflation, a border crisis, and soaring inner city crime.

“I am a fan of Joe Biden. I admire him. I voted for his policies,” Phillips said Friday on NewsNation’s “Elizabeth Vargas Reports.”

When asked if he was just a “younger version of Biden” given Democrats’ concerns over Biden’s age and that his “voting record is nearly 100% in support of Biden’s policies,” Phillips responded that he’s running because “it’s time for a change.”

“No, I’m Dean Phillips. And yes, I’m a lot younger than President Biden. I was three years old when he became a senator. He’s been serving our country for 50 years, and I admire that,” Phillips said. “But I’m also hearing it’s time for a change. Yes, I voted for his policies as a member of the House Democratic leadership team. I helped distribute those policies and market those policies. That said, there are massive –”

After Vargas cut in to ask what he’d do differently than Biden, Phillips lambasted the results of Biden’s policies he himself helped promote, including inflation, a collapsed southern border, and skyrocketing crime in inner cities.

“Let me start with affordability, it is a massive crisis in America right now, the cost of living. People’s mortgages are skyrocketing, fuel is too expensive, food is too expensive, health care — if it’s even obtainable — is double the price of anywhere in the world, medicine, three times more than anywhere else in the world,” Phillips said.

“We are falling behind. American middle-class, hard-working people are not being heard. They are angry, they’re frustrated. And that is job one.

“We have a border crisis. We have crime in cities and chaos,” he continued. “We have a federal government that is run so ineffectively and so inefficiently, does not focus on customer service, doesn’t use zero-based budgeting, we don’t have term limits.”

“So, therefore, we have the same people making the same decisions, and often the same mistakes time and time again. I’m making a proposition for change,” he added.

So Phillips admits he helped Biden destroy the country then claims he’ll be the one to fix it. Hegelian dialectic in action.