Phillips continues to make the rounds. Earlier with Chuck Todd

[question everything]

7. He is from the "class of 2018" flipped suburbs of Minnepolis that were R for ever

Last week he was on the CBS program.

Here is the program

Starting at the 23 min mark

And the mentioning of other spoiler at the 29 min.

the transcript is

https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meet-press-august-13-2023-n1307028

CHUCK TODD:

The case against what you're talking about is basically the history of our lifetimes, okay? You go back, the last four sitting presidents who had serious primary challengers, that party lost the White House.

REP. DEAN PHILLIPS:

But Chuck, why did they--

CHUCK TODD:

We can go back to LBJ, but also Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush.

REP. DEAN PHILLIPS:

But why were they primaried? Because people recognized they were weakened. The country was ready to turn the page

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The main objection really is, the first primary, if we will have one, is five months away. One cannot mount a presidential campaign on such a short time.