Dean Phillips and Marianne Williamson Trash Joe Biden to a Room Full of 12-Year-Olds

Many people view Donald Trump as a major threat to democracy, mostly on account of the fact that he incited an insurrection when things didn’t go his way during the last presidential election—and has been pretty explicit about his plans to rule as an authoritarian should he get a second term in office. But you know who the true threat to democracy is, at least in Democratic primary hopeful Dean Phillips’s eyes? Current White House inhabitant and guy who has the distinction of never having incited an insurrection, Joe Biden.

Yes, appearing at a debate in New Hampshire with self-help author and fellow candidate Marianne Williamson, Phillips claimed, to a “crowd of seventh graders and adults,” that Biden is a “risk to democracy” because “he is knowingly going into an election which his approval numbers and his poll numbers make it almost impossible to win,” according to Politico. “I know Marianne feels the same way,” Phillips said, adding: “We are the only two in the United States of America on the Democratic side of the aisle to stand up and tell you the truth: He’s going to lose, he’s going to lose.”

During the same event, Phillips criticized Biden for campaigning in South Carolina, saying, “Joe Biden should have been right here with us. He is taking the Granite State for granted, he is taking this election for granted, and he is taking every single one of you and this entire country for granted,” Phillips said. (Williamson told the crowd she agreed.) They also both accused the Democratic Party of effectively engaging in voter suppression by not counting the New Hampshire primary because Biden and other Dems have opted for South Carolina to vote first, and argued that voters must not make the president the nominee—or disaster will strike come next November.

Unfortunately for the duo, that appears unlikely to happen, with one recent poll showing Biden with a 40-point lead in New Hampshire—as a write-in candidate—over his competition. That situation was seemingly underscored on Tuesday, when no one showed up to a meet and greet with Phillips, despite the apparent promise of Dunkin’ Donuts: