Former Minnesota Congressman Dean Phillips Was On The List
The Michele Tafoya Podcast
Salem Podcast Network
2.4 • 590 Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Dean Phillips (D) reveals he was on the Minnesota political assassin’s “list” of targets to take out. But that isn’t his reason for not pursuing office again. After running for President in 2024, Phillips is frustrated by the state of American politics. Still, he is hopeful: about Israel, the Middle East, and even the United States.
Michele Tafoya is a four-time Emmy award-winning sportscaster turned political and cultural commentator. Record-setting, four-time Sports Emmy Award winner Michele Tafoya worked her final NBC Sunday Night Football game at Super Bowl LVI on February 13, 2022, her fifth Super Bowl. She retired from sportscasting the following day. In total, she covered 327 games — the most national primetime TV games (regular + postseason) for an NFL sideline reporter.
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| 0:00.0 | It's just something that is not a Republican or Democratic issue. |
| 0:03.1 | We see the far left and the far right increasingly subject to misinformation and anger. |
| 0:09.6 | And I think we all have a role to play here, Michelle, in trying to take down the temperature, restore debate. |
| 0:15.8 | But most importantly, look at we're not solving a damn problem in our country right now. |
| 0:19.4 | We just aren't because all the energy and attention is going to political fighting. |
| 0:28.2 | Welcome to a brand new episode of the Michelle Tofoya podcast. |
| 0:31.7 | Please hit that subscribe button, whether you're on YouTube, Rumble, wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:40.2 | Apple Podcasts, Spotify, you get the idea, |
| 0:44.5 | just hit subscribe. We'd love to have you with us for every episode. We've got an amazing catalog of previous episodes with some astonishingly good guests, and we'd love for you to have |
| 0:50.7 | access to it. And it's free, so just subscribe. Today, it's Dean Phillips, |
| 0:55.8 | former congressman and former presidential candidate. He was the one Democrat sane enough to say, |
| 1:02.6 | hey, hello, Joe Biden isn't, this isn't going to work. We need somebody else to run. I'm going to |
| 1:08.5 | primary him. And he tried. He tried. |
| 1:11.1 | It did not work, but he had the courage to try. |
| 1:13.6 | He remains very engaged in politics, not in the way a congressman would be engaged, but as a |
| 1:20.0 | person who is yearning for common sense and for answers. |
| 1:24.8 | And I've developed a little bit of a relationship with him. Today we're going to |
| 1:28.9 | talk about some really Iran, Israel, Randy Weingarten, and the murders here in Minnesota, which |
| 1:36.1 | took place within the last week, which have really rocked this state. And I think a lot of people |
| 1:40.5 | around the country. So Dean Phillips is our guest. Stay tuned. |
| 1:49.3 | Congressman, it's great to see you again. |
| 1:50.5 | I appreciate your time. And it's a, I could say this any day of the week. |
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