Former Rep. John Delaney (D-MD) announced on Friday morning that he was taking his 2020 presidential campaign off life support after remaining stuck at 1% in the polls.
“It has been a privilege to campaign for the Democratic nomination for President, but it is clear that God has a different purpose for me at this moment in time,” Delaney announced in an official statement. “I leave this race with a profound sense of gratitude to the voters who shared with me their hopes and concerns for our magnificent country, in admiration for the other contenders for the nomination and proud of the work we did to change the debate.”
The former congressman said he was “fully committed” to supporting whoever would become the Democratic nominee.
Delaney, whose campaign slogan was “Real Solutions, Not Impossible Promises,” briefly made headlines after the second primary debate in July, when he tried to attack progressive rivals Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).
“I don’t understand why anybody goes to all the trouble of running for president of the United States just to talk about what we really can’t do and shouldn’t fight for,” Warren shot back.
The crowded primary field has now been narrowed down to 10 candidates.
Oh.
That’s going to leave a gaping hole in the DEM field…
I wasn’t aware that he was still in the race. Must’ve run out of money.
Just saw his campaign bus driving around yesterday. I guess it was being driven to the repo-lot?
But seriously, it had “Real solutions, Not impossible promises” written on the side. Pretty sure your slogan is supposed to be the aspirational part, not the attack-part of the campaign.
The Biden and Sanders and Warren camps conspired from the start to destroy Delaney’s chances in the primary. You could smell their fear every time he opened his mouth at a debate.
I am through with the Democratic party and will be sitting out this election.
Yeah, fuck that. The Democratic party is us, and we had better be sticking together AND participating fully in the 2020 election AND campaign. Nobody owes us anything. We have to earn the result we want.
Compete hard in the primary. Advocate for your candidate. Fight like hell for the nominee. Don’t waste any time or energy helping Putin or his Trumppling by picking at divisions within the party. There are multiple paths we can choose, but there is only one destination for us.