Sen. Kamala Harris is suspending her bid for the presidency. The Democratic hopeful made the announcement via Twitter on Tuesday.
“To my supporters, it is with deep regret—but also with deep gratitude—that I am suspending my campaign today,” Harris wrote. “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.”
In recent weeks, a slew of negative headlines plagued the campaign that was first launched on Martin Luther King Jr. day of this year. Rumors swirled that California democrats were urging her to drop out of the race and financial issues were triggering campaign layoffs in key states. Still, Harris persevered through the Atlanta debates and continued to court Iowa voters, as well as Black women voters across South Carolina.
Over the last week, a senior campaign staffer left the California senator’s side to join Michael Bloomberg’s campaign. On Monday, polls showed that the former New York City mayor and late entry into the race was polling ahead of Harris and spending millions of dollars on campaign ads which Harris has struggled to afford.
Harris in a Medium post announcing her decision to abandon her presidential aspirations says, “In good faith, I can’t tell you, my supporters and volunteers, that I have a path forward if I don’t believe I do,” pointing to campaign fundraising as a primary reason for the sudden move, and calling out billionaires who have paid their way into the race.
One of the first presidential candidates to comment on Harris dropping out was Joe Biden. He stated, “She is a first rate intellect, a first rate candidate, and a real competitor. I have mixed emotions about it because she is a really solid solid person”.
Even with her name no longer in the running for president, Harris vows to continue doing everything in her power to defeat Donald Trump. In closing, she left supporters with these words: “Let’s keep fighting for the America we believe in, an America free of injustice. An America that we know we can be unburdened by what has been.”