Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) urged other top Democrats over the weekend to jump in the 2024 presidential race and primary President Joe Biden.

Phillips made the remarks during a Sunday interview on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” with Major Garrett.

There have been rumors swirling that Phillips is thinking about running for president but he said during the interview that he has not made a decision.

“Democrats are telling me that they want, not a coronation, but they want a competition,” Phillips said. “The New York Times poll from this week shows 55% of Democratic voters want some alternatives to the current people in the primary. 83% of those under 30. Democrats under 30 want alternatives, and about 76% of independents.”

Phillips suggested that if Democrats do not run someone else as the party’s nominee in 2024 that the consequences “are going to be disastrous.”

“So my call is to those who are well positioned, well prepared, have good character and competency, they know who they are, to jump in, because Democrats and the country need competition,” he said.

“I do not believe I’m well positioned to run for it right now,” he later added. “People who are should jump in because we need to meet the moment. The moment is now. That is what the country is asking.”

Phillips said that he thinks that Biden can beat Trump but added that he needs to “go through a process by the way before it’s too late.”

Phillips also said during the interview that he does not believe that Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a Democrat and said that he had anxiety about Cornell West running as a Green Party candidate.

“Anybody who wants to turn the page and go to the future in this country should be worried about Cornell West’s candidacy,” he said. “Any third party entrance that would take votes from whoever is going to take on the likely nominee from the GOP and that’s probably Donald Trump. So I would ask Mr. West, I would ask others who are contemplating third party runs to please think about your legacy, think about the future and consolidate around entering a Democratic primary because that’s why we have primaries.”

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Former Vice President Mike Pence responded over the weekend after he was heckled by a group of Trump supporters who called him a “traitor” late last week during a campaign stop in New Hampshire.

Pence was heckled in a parking lot upon arriving in Londonderry for a town hall event on Friday. The Trump supporters asked him, “Why’d you sell out the people?” and “Why didn’t you uphold the Constitution?”

He was also called “a traitor.”

A dozen Trump supporters approached Mike Pence’s vehicle as he entered his Friday event yelling, “that’s a traitor,” “you’re a sellout,” and “why didn’t you uphold the constitution?” 
 
“I upheld the constitution,” Pence shouted back.
 
As they badgered him he yelled, “Read it!” pic.twitter.com/gKpeB2mntO

— Kelsey Walsh (@Kjwalsh_news) August 5, 2023

Pence was asked about the incident during a Sunday interview on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” with Major Garrett.

“Mr. Vice President, you were in New Hampshire recently, as you were going to an event, some Trump supporters came to you and called you a traitor, said you were a sellout, said you didn’t uphold the Constitution,” Garrett said. “To what degree does that rattle you?”

Pence responded, “You know, I know in my heart of hearts, that on January 6, I did my duty, kept my oath to the Constitution of the United States.”

“And the thing that I’m encouraged about, Major, is as we travel, not only here in New Hampshire, but around the country, is more and more Americans are recognizing that we kept our oath that day,” Pence said. “And I think with this week’s news I’ve had so many people come up to me and just express their appreciation for the stand that we took, by God’s grace, to do our duty to see to the peaceful transfer of power.”

“And I’m encouraged by that, I must tell you,” he continued. “Look, President Trump was wrong. He was wrong then. He’s wrong now. I had no right to overturn the election. And more and more Americans are coming up to me every day and recognizing that, and- and for my part, I’m running for president in part because, frankly, President Trump asked me to put him over the Constitution that day, but I chose the Constitution and I always will.”

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