Fox News
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday he is dropping out of the 2020 Democratic primary, ending his campaign after struggling to gain traction in the race.
“I feel like I contributed all I can to this primary election and it’s clearly not my time,” he said during an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “So I’m going to end my presidential campaign, continue my work as mayor of New York City and I’m going to keep speaking up for working people.”
De Blasio entered the presidential race in May, running as a proud progressive. But his campaign never caught fire: He qualified for the first two rounds of Democratic presidential debates but has failed to make the cut for the others.
According to the Real Clear Politics average, de Blasio was polling at less than 1 percent nationally. The Democrat had recently hinted that he would end his long-shot bid if he didn’t qualify for the October debates.
President Trump mocked the mayor in a tweet Friday morning.
“Oh no, really big political news, perhaps the biggest story in years!” the president tweeted. “Part time Mayor of New York City, @BilldeBlasio, who was polling at a solid ZERO but had tremendous room for growth, has shocking dropped out of the Presidential race. NYC is devastated, he’s coming home!”
Oh no, really big political news, perhaps the biggest story in years! Part time Mayor of New York City, @BilldeBlasio, who was polling at a solid ZERO but had tremendous room for growth, has shocking dropped out of the Presidential race. NYC is devastated, he’s coming home!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 20, 2019
The good: he is realizing he had no chance. America doesn’t want him to screw up this country like he did NYC, everyone acknowledges that. Bill DeBozo will go down as one of (if not) the worst mayors in the history of NYC.
The bad: now he is back in NYC to “run things” and we have to deal with him again. As President Trump as said it so well “NYC is devastated, he’s coming home!”
The rest of the Democrats are not going to be able to defend de Blasio against Trump’s tweets because even though they agree with him on every issue, everyone knows he’s failed.
Now they have like 3 more votes to spread around the other contestants! Bahahaaaa.
The rent and housing prices soared out of control and homelessness increased under mayor de Blasio!
…all that matters to him are his donors, the guy is a walking conflict of interest.
B”H
really wishing the whole democratic party drops out,, I hope Bernie sanders is their pick,, because then for sure trump will win again
absolutely
agreed with every word