A congressman tried to get the governors of Michigan and Illinois to run against Biden in the Democratic primary, but they simply ignored his calls

• Rep. Dean Phillips recently announced he's running against Biden in the Democratic primary.
• He told Puck News he called Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Gov. J.B. Pritzker to push them to run, too.
• "They didn't answer," Phillips said.

President Joe Biden's newest Democratic challenger, Rep. Dean Phillips, personally called up the governors of Michigan and Illinois to jump into the race, but they ignored his calls, Puck News reported.

Phillips formally entered the presidential primary race after filing the requisite paperwork to the Federal Elections Commission on October 26, several months after he initially floated the idea in July.