‘Let’s see if an unknown congressman—nobody ever heard of this guy—let’s see how he does.’

Former President Donald Trump has called on the Democrats in New Hampshire to vote for Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) to send a signal to President Joe Biden that he should not abandon the state.

President Biden has announced that he would be absent from the New Hampshire primary after New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan, at the behest of both state Democrats and Republicans, preempted the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC’s) selection of Feb. 6 as the state’s primary election day.

Instead, the state will hold its primary on Jan. 23 to preserve its more than 100-year-old tradition of being the first state in the country to primary.

“Let’s see if an unknown congressman—nobody ever heard of this guy—let’s see how he does,” the former president remarked.

“He might beat Biden, wouldn’t that be nice? I think Democrats should vote for the congressman just to send a signal [that] you don’t abandon us. Nobody gonna abandon New Hampshire,” he added.