Field of bad dreams: Biden rival makes quip after no one turns up to 2024 event
by Martin Pengelly in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6HQF7)
Sometimes, if you build it, they don't come,' says Dean Phillips after he ends up pouring coffee for staffers only in New Hampshire
Contemplating a New Hampshire campaign event to which not one voter showed up, the Minnesota congressman and Democratic presidential hopeful Dean Phillips told reporters on Tuesday: Sometimes, if you build it, they don't come."
He was alluding to a famous line from Field of Dreams, a 1989 film in which an Iowa farmer played by Kevin Costner builds a baseball field, thereby attracting the ghosts of famous players.
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