Dean Phillips, Our First Jewish President?
By Bob Small
Congressman Dean Phillips (D-MN3) , is seeking to be America’s first Jewish president.
Joe Biden is only the second Catholic president.
Phillips says he is primarying the incumbent because Democrat voters need an alternative.
“If President Biden is the Democratic nominee, we face an unacceptable risk of Trump being back in the White House,” he wrote on X.
His backstory is fascinating. He started as the president of Phillips Distillery, a family business. He was also the co-founder of Penny’s Coffee, a twin cities coffee chain, and was a co-manager of Talanti Gelato, a luxury producer of gelato and sorbet.
Phillips grew up in Minnesota in a Gold Star family; his father died during the Vietnam War. His mother remarried Edward Phillips.
His grandmother was Abigail Van Buren aka “Dear Abby”.
He is currently married to Annalise Glick, with two daughters from his first marriage.
He has a net worth of $65 million, according to Open Secrets.
According to his campaign website he is the “the only member of Congress who refuses to take any money from PACs, federal lobbyists, or other members of Congress.”
“I live with gratitude for my blessings and was taught that success is not to be measured by how much one collects, rather by how much one shares,” he says.
Unlike many Democratic Candidates , he describes himself as “a responsible gun owner.”
Under Higher Education and Job Training he states “We must treat the underlying problem of college, affordability.”
He also supported the passage of the 2022 Relief for Restaurants and hard-hit small Businesses Act.
“This is the time to meet the moment. This is now and it’s time for a new generation. It’s that simple.”
He also said California Governor Gavin Newson is running a “shadow campaign”
He has been criticized for recruiting defund-the-police activists Alondra Cano into his campaign albeit he has been endorsed by the Minnesota Police and Peace officers Association, Minnesota’s largest Officer organization.
Now, at last, the Democrats have two major candidates. They can start to think about a debate.
Guess the Vegas odds on that ever happening.
Only Leftists/Progressives keep score of those things. Who cares what a candidate’s religion, skin color, sex, might be? What are his values? Does he believe in our constitutional republic? That’s what matters.