明尼苏达州众议员迪恩·菲利普斯的预期决定发起一场长期的民主党初选挑战周五反对总统乔·拜登(Joe Biden)的言论让该党几名主要的非白人成员感到不安，他们认为他通过申请新罕布什尔州初选来开始竞选活动，将象征着他们认为他“无视”民主党人对南方和多样化选民的重视。
“他跳过了一个非常多元化的州，去了一个非多元化的州，”一名要求匿名的资深黑人民主党人告诉美国广播公司新闻，并补充说，“我认为这是一个迹象，表明你的价值观在哪里。”
菲利普斯的团队没有回应对此事的置评请求。
他一再取笑在初选中与拜登竞争，但尚未确认，尽管他被认为正在准备周五新罕布什尔州提名竞争的文件，这是报名的最后期限。
“我认为，新一代令人信服、准备充分、充满活力的民主党人站出来，将会很好地服务于这个国家，”前众议院民主党领导层成员菲利普斯去年说。
他当时指出，“我尊敬乔·拜登。我认为他——尽管有一些错误和失误，尽管他年事已高——我认为他是一个正派、有原则、有同情心、有同情心和力量的人。”
从新罕布什尔州开始竞选，新罕布什尔州传统上是美国第一个初选州，这将确保菲利普斯获得该州在总统竞选周期中吸引的传统媒体关注。
菲利普斯没有申请在内华达州的民主党初选中与拜登和另一位希望渺茫的候选人、作家兼议长玛丽安娜·威廉森竞争，他只有几周的时间申请参加南卡罗莱纳州的民主党初选。
Rep. Dean Phillips walks down the House steps after the last votes of the week in the Capitol, April 20, 2023.
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接受美国广播公司新闻采访的民主党人表示，他们认为菲利普斯冷落了南卡罗来纳州，该州由民主党全国委员会选定，并得到拜登的支持领导该党新的提名日程因为它被视为更好地代表了该党选民的地理和种族多样性，包括黑人民主党，一个关键集团。
在新的日历中，内华达州将紧随南卡罗来纳州之后。
这一变化引起了新罕布什尔州民主党人的愤怒，他们自己也觉得在日程调整中受到了忽视，并认为新罕布什尔州在大选中比南卡罗来纳州更具竞争力。作为时间安排争议的结果，至少该州的一些代表可能会被剥夺。
这位资深黑人民主党人表示，通过避开南卡罗来纳州，菲利普斯将避开那里相当大一部分黑人选民的审查和提问。
“我认为这是胡扯，一切都是为了他，”这位人士说。
菲利普斯也没有咨询国会黑人核心小组(CBC)，这是一个有影响力的同事团体，当谈到更好地了解选区时，CBC成员和研究所主席代表本尼·汤普森告诉美国广播公司新闻。
密西西比州汤普森。他说，他和其他黑人国会领导人对缺乏外联感到“关切”，无论菲利普斯私下做出什么样的姿态，“都没有引起共鸣”
汤普森说，他认为在新罕布什尔州推出菲利普斯的想法“具有分裂性，是对大量人口和民主党支持者的不尊重。”
南卡罗来纳州民主党告诉美国广播公司，菲利普斯没有与他们接触。他申请州初选的截止日期是11月10日。
“来自明尼苏达州的国会议员选择无视南卡罗来纳州在全国初选中的历史性第一，在那里黑人选民、农村选民和南部选民最终将站在最前列...把安静的部分大声说出来，”国家主席Christale Spain说。"他是一个不认真的候选人。"
该组织主席、众议员Nanette Barragán说，菲利普斯也没有联系国会拉美裔党团。
像其他主要的民主党人一样，加州民主党人巴拉甘承诺支持拜登的连任-团结也招致了威廉姆森和菲利普斯等声音的批评，他们说，鉴于拜登的支持率很低，该党应该寻求他们认为的新领导人。
民主党政治战略家Antjuan Seawright称菲利普斯对新罕布什尔州的潜在偏好是一个错误，因为南卡罗来纳州在2024年初选中具有更大的政治重要性。
“我想他很快就会知道，白宫的天堂之路要经过南卡罗来纳州。如果在南卡罗来纳州没有强有力的平等支持，你就无法获得任何政治上的吸引力。
拜登在赢得南卡罗来纳州初选后，在2020年的竞选中逆转了自己的命运。
“对于我们这些长期努力成长并确保该党代表美国的人来说，我认为他已经把它带到了一个不同的方向，”这位资深民主党人谈到菲利普斯。"而这个方向是一条通向失败而非胜利的道路."
Non-white Democrats upset as Dean Phillips expected to launch challenge to Biden in New Hampshire
Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips' expected decisionto launch a long shot Democratic primary challengeagainst President Joe Biden on Friday has upset several major non-white members of the party who think him starting a campaign by filing for the New Hampshire primary will be emblematic of what they argued was his "disregard" for Democrats' emphasis on the South and diverse voters.
"He's skipping a very diverse state to go to a non-diverse state," one senior Black Democrat, who requested anonymity to speak candidly, told ABC News, adding, "I think that is a telltale sign of where your values are."
Phillips' team did not respond to a request for comment for this story.
He has repeatedly teased a bid against Biden in the primary but hasn't confirmed one yet, though he is thought to be gearing up to file for New Hampshire's nominating contest on Friday -- the deadline to enter.
"I think the country would be well served by a new generation of compelling, well-prepared, dynamic Democrats to step up," Phillips, a former member of House Democratic leadership, said last year.
He noted then that "I have respect for Joe Biden. I think he has -- despite some mistakes and some missteps, despite his age -- I think he's a man of decency, of good principle, of compassion, of empathy, and of strength."
Beginning a campaign with New Hampshire, which has traditionally been the nation's first primary state, would ensure Phillips receives the traditional media attention the state attracts during presidential cycles.
Phillips did not file to run in Nevada's Democratic primary against Biden and author and speaker Marianne Williamson, another long shot candidate, and he has only a few weeks to file to be in South Carolina's Democratic primary.
The Democrats who spoke with ABC News said they feel Phillips is snubbing South Carolina, which was selected by the Democratic National Committee and backed by Bidento lead the party's new nominating calendarbecause it is seen as better representing the geographic and racial diversity of the party's voters -- including Black Democrats, a key bloc.
Nevada will follow South Carolina in the new calendar.
That change drew the ire of New Hampshire Democrats, who themselves feel slighted in the calendar shuffle and argue New Hampshire remains more competitive in the general election than South Carolina. As a result of the scheduling dispute, at least some of the state's delegates are likely to be stripped away.
The senior Black Democrat suggested that by avoiding South Carolina, Phillips would be dodging scrutiny and questions from the sizable share of Black voters there.
"I think it's BS and it's all about him," this person said.
Phillips has also not consulted the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), an influential group of colleagues when it comes to getting a better understanding of the constituency, CBC member and institute chair Rep. Bennie Thompson told ABC News.
Thompson, D-Miss., said he and other Black congressional leaders were "concerned" at the lack of outreach, and whatever overtures Phillips may have made privately have "not resonated."
Thompson said he finds the idea of a Phillips launch in New Hampshire "divisive and it's disrespectful to a large population and support base for the Democratic Party."
The South Carolina Democratic Party told ABC that Phillips has not made contact with them. The deadline for him to file for the state primary is Nov 10.
"The congressman from Minnesota's choice to disregard South Carolina's historic first in the nation primary, where Black voters, rural voters, and Southern voters will finally be at the forefront ... is saying the quiet part out loud," the state chair, Christale Spain, said. "He's an unserious candidate."
Phillips has not reached out to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus either, the group's chair, Rep. Nanette Barragán said.
Barragán, D-Calif., like other leading Democrats, has pledged support for Biden's reelection -- unity that has also attracted criticism from Williamson and voices like Phillips, who say the party should seek what they see as fresh leaders given Biden's poor approval ratings.
Antjuan Seawright, a Democratic political strategist, called Phillips' potential preference for New Hampshire a mistake because of South Carolina's larger political importance in the 2024 primary race.
"I think he'll quickly learn that the road to Heaven in the White House goes through South Carolina. And you can't get any political traction without having strong equal support in South Carolina," Seawright said.
Biden's own fortunes were reversed during his 2020 run after he won the South Carolina primary.
"For those of us who've labored long and hard to grow upon and to make sure that the party represents America … I think he's taken it in a different direction," the senior Democrat said of Phillips. "And that direction is a path to losing, not winning."
