Dean Phillips is the Democrat from Minnesota competing against Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination. It is unlikely to go any further, but it is getting some attention from the media.
This week, he appeared on CNN and told the story of how he recently went to his first Trump rally. He was amazed at how friendly and diverse the crowd was.
This is something we've seen happen before. When a liberal meets true Trump supporters, they are often shocked to learn that they look nothing like the way Democrats and the media portray them.
Real Clear Politics provides text:
PHILLIPS: Well, I think it would take – it would take a really unusual look at these numbers. And look, the governor's not a bad guy. He knows that Trump will win. He does his best to prevent this. I respect that.
But the writing is on the wall. If Nikki Haley runs this race a few weeks from now, I'll be really surprised. And this is the truth. The reality is that we have a duopoly, a two-party system that literally works against voters, voters who don't want to show up and vote in the primaries and then get frustrated with the choices we have in November. This is part of the problem. We have a sharing crisis.
And I gotta tell you guys, I went to a Donald Trump rally a few nights ago. like never before. I had an event across the street. I saw a line of people waiting in the cold for hours and I thought, what the hell, you know, I'm going to be a leader who actually invites people, not condemns them. I met probably 50 Trump people waiting in line. Each one of them, thoughtful, hospitable, friendly, all of them so frustrated that they feel no one listens to them but Donald Trump. Diverse crowd. People who have never attended a Trump event before. My party is completely delusional now, and someone had to wake us up. If that's my job, so be it.
Here is the video:
Democratic presidential candidate Dean Phillips went to a Trump rally and discovered that Trump voters are thoughtful, kind, diverse, hospitable, and generally wonderful people who feel like no one is listening to them but Trump. Now he says Democrats are delicious. pic.twitter.com/sLYGzHmteT
– Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) January 23, 2024
It's too bad more Democrats don't do what Dean did and learn the truth for themselves.
