Phillips was scheduled to seem in Michigan this weekend, forward of the Feb. 27 presidential major, however the spokeswoman additionally confirmed the cancellation of all upcoming journey. He’s anticipated to remain in Washington, D.C., as a substitute, she stated.
The Minnesota congressman has struggled to realize any traction in fundraising or polling since his launch in late October. He misplaced to a write-in marketing campaign on behalf of President Joe Biden in New Hampshire final month by a 44-point margin. And in South Carolina, his defeat was much more crushing: Biden garnered 96 p.c of the vote, and Phillips didn’t clear 2 p.c. He was additionally topped by self-help creator Marianne Williamson, who has since dropped out of the race.
Phillips’ presidential bid has confronted different controversies. He
scrubbed “Variety, Fairness and Inclusion” language from his marketing campaign web site, after he was publicly prodded to take action by his personal donor. Phillips
flirted with a third-party bid, floating operating on the No Labels ticket, earlier than in the end backtracking over the course of 48 hours.
Nonetheless, Phillips has centered his bid on Biden’s age, arguing that the 81-year-old president is weak in a contest towards former President Donald Trump, who’s 77.
Following the particular counsel’s report,
which referred to Biden as a “well-meaning, aged man with a poor reminiscence,” Phillips
took to X to describe Biden’s “bodily and communicative declines I’ve witnessed over the previous few years,” calling them “unhappy and troubling, however common for an 81 year-old man.”
