Democrat Pete Buttigieg is ending his campaign for president.
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Three people with knowledge of Buttigieg’s decision tell The Associated Press he is informing campaign staff. They were not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity.
His campaign says Buttigieg will speak Sunday night in South Bend, Indiana.
Buttigieg rose to the field’s top tier but failed to notch enough wins in the critical early states necessary to keep his bid moving forward.
The millennial, Afghan War veteran and former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, defied expectations in a field of better-known candidates for months while becoming the first openly gay top contender for a major party nomination.
“Mayor Pete” burst onto the scene with a blitz of national media a year ago and impressive fundraising. He leaned hard into a next-generation message of urgency on pressing issues while preaching a message of hope and inclusion.
“The millennial, Afghan War veteran and former mayor of South Bend, Indiana”
Will you stop with the lie’s already? Pete was no war veteran. He had a stinkin desk job on a military base and when he had nothing to do and was bored, he drove some fellow soldiers around – a car service driver.
The fact that the DNC threw Pete out of the race just goes to show how racist and homophobic the democrat Party really is. The only reason the democrats dumped him is because he’s a homosexual. If he was straight like Biden or Sanders, they would of never mistreated him so. This is not the America that I knew.
Chasdei Hashem…he’s a closet socialist.
Jewish DEMS coalescing around VP Biden to stop Commissar Boinie and to destroy fascist trumpf in NOV. Virus spread something that Twitter can’t stop.
He was my preferred candidate as I want a religious person in the White House. Still, the voters have spoken and it is time for him to go home. Now we can only hope a few more drop out.
Wants a VP Slot with Biden