Michael Bloomberg suspends presidential campaign

[swag]

Source: Axios

Michael Bloomberg, who spent hundreds of millions of dollars to self-fund his 2020 presidential run, announced Wednesday that he is suspending his campaign after a poor performance on Super Tuesday.

The state of play: Bloomberg opted to skip campaigning in early states, staking his candidacy on a string of Super Tuesday victories to launch him to frontrunner status, but that plan was ultimately felled by the resurgence of Joe Biden's campaign.

Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar both exited the race between the South Carolina primary and Super Tuesday and chose to back Biden — along with Beto O'Rourke.

On Super Tuesday, Biden scored surprise victories in states like Texas, Massachusetts and Minnesota — and racked up huge wins across the South.

While Bloomberg was viable in multiple states, he didn't win any — and his only victory was in the territory of American Samoa.

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[Dennis Donovan]

1. Thank god!!!!

[True Blue American]

3. Now he can

Spend money down ballot!

[Dennis Donovan]

17. Sounds like he's all in:

Link to tweet

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Now I hope he puts his money to work for Biden and down-ticket Dems.

[PunkinPi]

4. 100% this. nt

[Botany]

5. Say good bye Bernie

[we can do it]

10. Bye bye Mr. Finger Waggin Guy.

[dubyadiprecession]

11. It shouldn't be long before we hear Warren might drop out.

Coming in third in your home state is a real bad sign.

[Botany]

14. I really liked both Warren and Harris but I am down with Joe now

Harris for A.G. prosecute Trump and company

Mayor Pete for Sec. of State

The vote in Massachusetts shows that the people there are smart and want Trump out of the White House
and a vote for Joe helps to get that done.

[duforsure]

15. As much as I hate to see it

She needs to drop out and announce her support for someone remaining . Bernie which she might, or Biden which she has many more policy differences with. She sure would have made a great President for all of the people.she was the smartest candidate and was looking into the future, and not keeping us in the past with old white men rule.

[Phoenix61]

26. How about a Biden/Warren ticket? nt

[MosheFeingold]

33. Warren will stay in to damage Bernie n/t

[X_Digger]

6. About fucking time. n/t

[Tarheel_Dem]

7. And he has announced his support for Joe Biden.

[PunkinPi]

8. YAY!

[Joe Nation]

9. Mike got that done

The suspension anyway.

[MD shmoo]

12. Him pushing to get in the debates

Was the worst political decision made in this election cycle and probably several. It's up there with Gary Hart urging reporters to look into his infidelity rumors or McCain suspending his campaign during the financial crisis. If he hadn't been in the debates he might have taken the Biden role instead.

[Coventina]

13. Next question: Is he still in to defeat Trump? Or was that just PR? n/t

[Dennis Donovan]

18. Yep!

Link to tweet

[dalton99a]

31. +1. A vital ammunition.

[Maeve]

16. Good--now the tv won't be filled with his ads

I only see them when I visit my Mom, but they seem to be wall-to-wall here in Ohio

[FarPoint]

20. I love his campaign ads..

They attached tRump 24/7. . Overall elevated voter awareness of tRumps failures....We do like Mike.. .hope he continues in some fashion to defeat tRump .

[Maeve]

22. I agree that they are good, as campaign ads go

Just tired of the wall-to-wall self-praise. And I do expect he will put his energy and cash to good use over the next few months

[Chakaconcarne]

24. Since the need for self praise has exhausted

Let's see him hammer the f#$% out of Trump.

I suspect he will.

[Gothmog]

19. Yeah

Link to tweet

?s=20

[bucolic_frolic]

21. Classy and a true patriot

Policy differences or not, billionaire or not, you have to admire a true patriot who made his money legally.

[Phoenix61]

27. Yep!

Loved his adds because I knew there got under Twitler’s skin.

[AKing]

23. Awesome News! Besides his money,Bloomberg already has a huge campaign infrastructure in place...

that will help Joe Biden get elected.

[MosheFeingold]

35. Bloomberg is about Bloomberg

He's going to take his toys and go home.

[mpcamb]

37. He said he'd do better. I hope he holds to it. He despises trump so hope for the best.

[OnlinePoker]

25. I applauded Pete and Amy for well fought campaigns when they dropped out.

Bloomberg? I hope the door hits you in the ass on the way out.

[CaptYossarian]

28. So now we don't have billionaires running on either side.

That's refreshing.

[NurseJackie]

29. Fantastic!

[FailureToCommunicate]

30. Thank you Mike Bloomberg! PLEASE keep spending your $$$$ to defeat the evil

orange turd in Washington... and all his Republican minions!

[Denis Enko]

32. Wonderful News

When I first saw it on Mediaite, I was so excited that I had to stop what I was doing and frisk myself!

[MosheFeingold]

34. Pretty sure this is a song.

[Devil Child]

36. Best news of the day!

[WhoWoodaKnew]

38. Every one of us needs to hope Mike stays in the fight against Trump