Breaking: Pete Buttigieg is dropping out of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary

CNBC ^ | 03-01-2020 | Tucker Higgins

[NRx]

Pete Buttigieg is dropping out of the 2020 presidential primary race, a senior campaign aide told CNBC.

He is flying to South Bend, Indiana to make the announcement, where he served as mayor for two terms.

The Indiana Democrat waged an unlikely campaign that saw a little-known mayor overpower governors and U.S. senators in the race for the party nomination.

Along the way, Buttigieg assembled a substantial war chest and a vast national operation. A two-term mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Buttigieg was the first openly gay major presidential contender. He scored a narrow delegate edge over Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Iowa caucuses and finished a strong second place in New Hampshire’s primary.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Backing out or pulling out??

Gives new meaning to pulling the plug

[skimbell]

Butt out.

[Sacajaweau]

What’s happening buttman...no money coming in? Well you lived good for a while. A dumb a** mayor...just wanted 15 minutes.

[GOPsterinMA]

That kills any chance she has for VP, IMHO.

[SaxxonWoods]

Oh, fudge.

Just when thing were looking so good.

[DeFault User]

Pulling out huh? And just after the “prestigious”Orlando Sentinel endorsed him for president today. Very much preferred him to that “loathsome” Trump. It looks like they will have to pick another clown. :-)

[Smellin Salt]

Smells fishy to me.......

OOH! WHO STEPPED IN THE DOG POOP?

[xp38]

Down goes Buttwhatever! Down goes Buttwhatever!

[Ann Archy]

Butt Boy is going home to his HUSBAND????? BOO HOO! Come back when you get STRAIGHT or GROW UP, whichever comes first!

[bigbob]

Thank God we can now disremember how to pronounce his stupid name and cleanse our brains of images of him smooching his wife. Or husband. Whatever.

[Mozzafiato]

Must be getting some kind of back room deal.

More likely a back door deal

[LouieFisk]

What a shame, with Mayor Buttsomething the Dems would have offered America someone who would be both President and First Lady - at the same time, no less. What might have been....

[Ann Archy]

LOL!!

[Enlightened1]

“Pete Buttigieg is OUT. All of his SuperTuesday votes will go to Sleepy Joe Biden. Great timing. This is the REAL beginning of the Dems taking Bernie out of play - NO NOMINATION, AGAIN!”

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1234263037110083587

[Dr. Sivana]

Is he broke, or made a back room deal with some other candidates to support them? What’s really going on with this?

Could be all three. Also consider that the polling for Super Tuesday looked awful (under 10% in CA), so he can pull out before he is completely humiliated.

[Enlightened1]

“Pete Buttigieg is OUT. All of his SuperTuesday votes will go to Sleepy Joe Biden. Great timing. This is the REAL beginning of the Dems taking Bernie out of play - NO NOMINATION, AGAIN!”

- Donald J. Trump

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1234263037110083587

[Dan in Wichita]

Whether you like Buttgig or not, give him credit, he did better than anyone expected.

Just goes to show you how ridiculously over-hyped the Iowa caucuses and NH primary are.

[jmaroneps37]

He got the right price from mini mike and took the envelop.

[dead]

Bernie vs Biden now. With Kamala, Pete and Poc fighting for shotgun.

[skimbell]

...This here's a story about Butt Plug and Chasten too

Two young lovers with nothin' better to do...

Go on take the money and run

GO on take the money and run...