“To you my supporters, my dear supporters, it is with deep regret — but also with deep gratitude — that I am suspending our campaign today,” she wrote.
To my supporters, it is with deep regret—but also with deep gratitude—that I am suspending my campaign today.
But I want to be clear with you: I will keep fighting every day for what this campaign has been about. Justice for the People. All the people.https://t.co/92Hk7DHHbR
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) December 3, 2019
In a video she explained her campaign for president “simply doesn’t have the financial resources we need to continue.”
“I’m not a billionaire. I can’t fund my own campaign. And as the campaign has gone on, it’s become harder and harder to raise the money we need to compete.” It’s being read as a thinly-veiled swipe at the newest Democratic candidate for the Presidential nominee, billionaire business man, Michael Bloomberg.
It has been the honor of my life to be your candidate. We will keep up the fight. pic.twitter.com/RpZhx3PENl
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) December 3, 2019
Harris told her supporters she could continue to keep up the fight.
“And I will keep fighting every day for what this campaign has been about. Justice for the people. All the people.”
Senator Harris, a 55 year old lawyer from California, entered the race with high hopes of becoming the first black woman to win a major party’s presidential nomination. She official launched her historic campaign in January this year, on Martin Luther King Jr and was considered a potential frontrunner.
My dear friend @KamalaHarris is a trailblazer. I've loved serving with her in the Senate and every moment we've run into one another on the trail. Her campaign broke barriers and did it with joy. Love you, sister. pic.twitter.com/HzLXw88NrM
— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) December 3, 2019
A series of recent missteps and poor polling numbers conspired against her bid. The New York Times said her “abrupt announcement is perhaps the most surprising development to date in the 2020 race.”
Will miss her voice on the campaign trail, but look forward to hearing it roar in the Senate. https://t.co/IBSvKrKUmB via @nytimes
— John Podesta (@johnpodesta) December 3, 2019
The US President Donald Trump responded to Harris’s departure from the race on Twitter, to which Harris immediately replied.
Don’t worry, Mr. President. I’ll see you at your trial. https://t.co/iiS17NY4Ry
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) December 3, 2019