Jason Palmer, Baltimore investor who defeated Biden in American Samoa, wants to debate
The Baltimore businessman who upset President Biden in Super Tuesday's American Samoa caucus reflected Wednesday on his shocking win and is ready to debate.
"Now that I've beaten Joe Biden, it's time for RFK Jr. and I to get on the debate stage together,"Jason Palmer said on "Jesse Watters Primetime"
Host Jesse Watters said he would pass the message along to Kennedy, who appeared moments before Palmer on the show. A virtual unknown before Super Tuesday, Palmer was suddenly a familiar name at the White House on Wednesday.
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After being pressed by Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy after no public comment by Biden on the upset, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, "We congratulate Jason Palmer on his win last night."
Palmer told Watters he did not campaign on-site in American Samoa, but called it a beautiful place he plans to visit in the future. The candidate, however, did have a campaign presence in the territory, as he hired three local residents with campaign experience, including a person named Miracle and another named Dorian whom he called "fantastic."
Video"[We organized] virtual town halls, a beach cleanup [and were] really talking to people about what their key issues were. And those key issues actually lined up with things on my platform already," he said, citing the need for additional education resources and a focus on health care.
Palmer said the U.S. territory only has one antiquated hospital, and that many Samoans want to go to school for health care but their sole post-secondary institution is a community college.
Jason Palmer's 56%-44% victory made Biden the first incumbent to lose a primary/caucus contest since Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., won 11 states