Democrat who ran against Biden says president's decision to seek re-election 'sealed' win for Trump

Democrats mislaid the 2024 predetermination the time President Biden announced helium was moving for re-election, Biden superior challenger Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., told Fox News Thursday.

"This full election, successful my estimation, was sealed the time that Joe Biden announced helium was moving for re-election. We should person had a competition. It makes everything amended – amended worth products, amended governmental candidates," Phillips said connected "Fox & Friends."

"It's hard to acceptable up a statesmanlike run successful a substance of weeks, arsenic I tried to do, and surely Kamala Harris tried to do. That's erstwhile we went wrong, and past we went incorrect again by not having a competitory unfastened superior that the President of the United States would person promoted and not suppressed… successful the future, that's what I'm going to beryllium warring for."

Vice President Kamala Harris conceded the 2024 predetermination to President-elect Donald Trump connected Wednesday aft receiving 226 electoral votes to Trump's 295, with ballot counts inactive outstanding successful the plaything states of Arizona and Nevada.

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Dean Phillips (left) suggested that Biden announcing his re-election bid "sealed" the 2024 outcome. (Getty Images)

The predetermination rhythm had been tumultuous for Democrats aft President Biden's statement show against Trump successful precocious June prompted calls from wrong the enactment for Biden to walk the torch to different candidate, mounting Harris up for a truncated tally against the Republican nominee. 

Her information came contempt galore calling for an unfastened superior to prime Trump's Democratic challenger alternatively of giving the motion to Harris without a vote.

Democrats are present asking what they could person done otherwise to decision the GOP. Phillips said determination are lessons to beryllium learned from the outcome.

"Confrontation ne'er works arsenic good successful authorities arsenic invitation, and I don't blasted radical for being frustrated" helium said, touching connected erstwhile President Obama pressuring Black voters to enactment Harris and Trump pressuring Jewish voters to enactment him.

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President-elect Trump defeated Vice President Harris aft winning respective cardinal plaything states connected Tuesday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

"A batch of my colleagues are wondering what the heck happened. I get it. I've been astir this country. I've been listening to radical for years, stock with maine their concerns and their challenges, and I don't cognize wherefore Democrats person not learned the acquisition of what truly matters. We've got to listen."

He continued, crediting Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., for his searing take pursuing Trump's victory, "We person mislaid interaction with the halfway of America, and that's showing done successful a batch of our elections close now. The adjacent candidates that admit that, that are consenting to listen, ingratiate themselves with mundane radical and are authentic, they're going to win, and it doesn't substance their authorities arsenic overmuch arsenic it matters astir their authenticity. I deliberation that's different acquisition learned."

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