Beto O’Rourke drops out of 2020 presidential race
By Nolan Hicks and Marisa Schultz, New York Post, November 1, 2019
Beto O'Rourke, AP Photo
Beto luck next time!
Former Texas Congressman Beto O’Rouke has dropped out of the 2020 Democratic presidential contest.
“Though it is difficult to accept, it is clear to me now that this campaign does not have the means to move forward successfully. My service to the country will not be as a candidate or as the nominee.,” O’Rourke told his followers in a statement released on social media.
“Acknowledging this now is in the best interests of those in the campaign; it is in the best interests of this party as we seek to unify around a nominee; and it is in the best interests of the country,” O’Rourke tweeted Friday evening.
The decision comes as his campaign struggled to raise money and build support in the early primary states.
O’Rouke is not expected to run for any other elected position in 2020, but he has not said where he will throw his support.
He rocketed into the national spotlight in 2018 when he mounted a fierce challenge to Texas U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, a reviled figure among liberal and progressive activists.
President Trump wasted no time mocking the Texan. “Oh no, Beto just dropped out of race for President despite him saying he was ‘born for this.’ I don’t think so!” Trump tweeted.
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