Representative Dean Phillips, the Minnesota Democrat who waged a futile challenge against President Biden in the Democratic primaries, praised the selection of his state’s governor. “Tim Walz can fix a lawnmower, fire a cannon, and fiercely protect women’s freedoms. All in one day,” he said. Senator Joe Manchin III, a former Democrat-turned-independent from West Virginia who has sought to push the
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