Rep. Dean Phillips' constituents have mixed feelings about his presidential campaign

Feb 26, 20240

Glen Stubbe, Star Tribune count

Democratic U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips, pictured here greeting voters in New Hampshire, is facing pushback from some of his Minnesota constituents as he challenges President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination.

Karl Bunday did everything he could to help Dean Phillips get elected to Congress in 2018, marching in parades, writing postcards in support of the Minnesota Democrat and even donating money.

Now, Bunday said he can hardly recognize the Phillips who's challenging President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination and he regrets his previous work for him.

"The tone is different. The tone is much more negative - it's not an 'everyone's invited,' it's 'you can't trust the system, the system's out to get us,'" said Bunday, 65, who lives in Minnetonka. "It sounds very Trump-y."

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