BREAKING NEWS: White House Asked For Comment On Democrat Dean Phillips Possibly Challenging Biden

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Karine Jean-Pierre refuses to comment on Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) possibly challenging President Biden for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination.

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00:00 We've heard from Senate Republicans

00:01 that humanitarian aid to Gaza is an issue for them

00:04 in the aid package.

00:05 Are there any modifications to the aid package

00:08 that would be red lines for the White House?

00:09 I'm not going to get into any hypotheticals or any red lines.

00:14 We believe there's no reason for Congress --

00:16 shouldn't pass or support this --

00:19 we believe this national --

00:20 it's a national security priority, right,

00:23 which includes, as you know, critical aid to Ukraine as well,

00:26 not just aid to what is happening --

00:31 to Israel with what's happening in the region.

00:34 But we also believe there is strong bipartisan support.

00:36 We've heard it from Mitch McConnell.

00:38 We've heard it from McCaul, right, Chairman McCaul.

00:42 We've heard it from Chairman Turner.

00:44 So we believe there is actually strong bipartisan support

00:47 for this supplemental package

00:50 that was introduced by the President last week,

00:53 and we believe that there's no reason,

00:54 no reason at all that Congress can't get it through.

00:58 Does the President have any reaction to the reporting

01:01 that Congressman Dean Phillips

01:02 is going to be seeking a Democratic

01:04 presidential nomination?

01:05 I'm going to be careful from here.

01:06 Not going to speak to electoral politics --

01:08 upcoming electoral politics, 2024.

01:12 One thing I would say outside of that

01:15 is we appreciate the Congressman's

01:18 almost 100 percent support of this President

01:21 as he's moved forward

01:22 with some really important key legislative priorities

01:25 for the American people.

01:26 I just don't have anything to share on the 2024 from here.

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