By PoliZette Staff | August 28, 2019
She’s out.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) announced late Wednesday afternoon that she is quitting the 2020 presidential race — after struggling with fundraising and polls with stricter requirements to qualify for upcoming debates, as Fox News noted in an alert.
The next round of Democratic primary debates will occur in Houston in September.
The longshot candidate from the start — a progressive, far-Left Democrat from New York — now joins other fellow Democrats who have quit the race in recent weeks, including former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper.
“She should never have been in the race from the first place,” a New York-based veteran and father of four told LifeZette. “A lot of people seem to be wasting time on this. They should be doing the job they were elected or hired to do in the first place.”
See her tweet and other tweets about the latest news — and share your thoughts on the matter:
Today, I am ending my campaign for president.
I am so proud of this team and all we've accomplished. But I think it’s important to know how you can best serve.
To our supporters: Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. Now, let's go beat Donald Trump and win back the Senate. pic.twitter.com/xM5NGfgFGT
— Kirsten Gillibrand (@SenGillibrand) August 28, 2019
#BREAKING: Kirsten Gillibrand drops out of 2020 presidential race https://t.co/opQeBvijyS pic.twitter.com/5oPUJuk2BA
— The Hill (@thehill) August 28, 2019
Kirsten Gillibrand dropped out of the presidential race this evening https://t.co/9QAr8JdBDw pic.twitter.com/nXjsREbibf
— POLITICO (@politico) August 28, 2019
Kirsten Gillibrand just dropped out. But also announced that she is not dropping out, just to ensure that she has taken every possible position on the issue.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 28, 2019
This piece originally appeared in LifeZette and is used by permission.
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