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Michael Bloomberg Drops Out Of The Presidential Race

<p>Things are getting down to the wire&comma; and it looks like we have yet another Democratic candidate that has dropped out of the presidential race&period; On Wednesday&comma; Michael Bloomberg announced the end of his campaign&period; as he threw his support behind Joe Biden&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He thanked his supporters on social media and said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Three months ago&comma; I entered the race to defeat Donald Trump&period; Today I&&num;8217&semi;m leaving for the same reason&period; Defeating Trump starts with uniting behind the candidate with the best shot to do it&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s clear that is my friend and great American <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;jill-biden-helps-to-block-protesters-at-joe-bidens-rally-in-california&sol;">Joe Biden<&sol;a><&sol;em>&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bloomberg continued&comma; &&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m immensely proud of the campaign we ran&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m deeply grateful to all the American&&num;8217&semi;s who voted for me&comma; and to our dedicated staff and volunteers&period; I want to stay engaged&comma; active and committed to our issues&period; I will be right there with you&period; And together&comma; we will get it done&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1235224303060254720" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He further discussed his decision in a full <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;mikebloomberg&period;com&sol;news&sol;statement-by-mike-bloomberg">statement<&sol;a><&sol;em> and said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;I’m a believer in using data to inform decisions&period; After yesterday’s results&comma; the delegate math has become virtually impossible – and a viable path to the nomination no longer exists&period; But I remain clear-eyed about my overriding objective&colon; victory in November&period; Not for me&comma; but for our country&period; And so while I will not be the nominee&comma; I will not walk away from the most important political fight of my life&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Now ya&&num;8217&semi;ll know Donald Trump wasn&&num;8217&semi;t too far behind with his petty remarks about Bloomberg dropping out of the race&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The &&num;8220&semi;president&&num;8221&semi; said&period; &&num;8220&semi;Mini Mike Bloomberg just &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;quit” the race for President&period; I could have told him long ago that he didn’t have what it takes&comma; and he would have saved himself a billion dollars&comma; the real cost&period; Now he will pour money into Sleepy Joe’s campaign&comma; hoping to save face&period; It won’t work&excl;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1235228511314620416" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1235232818692792320" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1235235070040059904" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>During Super Tuesday&comma; 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