The impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden “perhaps makes him unelectable,” said Democrat Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN), who is running against the president for the Democrat 2024 presidential nomination.
Phillips’ willingness to target Biden over the impeachment inquiry demonstrates a political vulnerability for the president, as he looks to faceoff again against former President Donald Trump as the likely GOP nominee.
“I don’t see the evidence of it, but yes, when your own son and your own brother are clearly, at the very least unethical and at worst, doing illegal things — my goodness, of course the country pays attention to it,” Phillips told Semafor.
Phillips also questioned whether impeachment proceedings would coalesce Democrats around Biden as Republicans mostly united behind Trump during his two impeachment proceedings.
