Outgoing Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., told Politico on Saturday that the modern Democratic Party “needs a comprehensive turnaround” and that “conventional wisdom no longer works” to win national elections.
The three-term moderate from Minnesota’s 3rd Congressional District gave an exit interview to the outlet in which he offered no regrets for trying to primary President Joe Biden, but did call out the fixed power structure that has embedded itself in Washington.
“I wish I had known about the concentration of power centers here, and how this entire system has been designed to accrue that power amongst very few at the expense of the very many, and that makes this job incredibly difficult,” he said.
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