Michael Bloomberg announced he is stepping down from the Democratic nomination race on Wednesday March 4, now showing his support for Joe Biden, former vice president of Barack Obama. It is an admission of failure for the billionaire, who spent more than $ 500 million of his personal fortune to campaign.
"Three months ago I ran for president to beat Donald Trump. Today I withdraw from the race for the same reason: beating Donald Trump because it became clear to me that continuing would have made it harder to do so. ", he said in a statement. He added supporting Joe Biden, saying he was now the " better " candidate to beat the Republican President in November.
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Mr. Bloomberg draws the consequences of the failure of his method for Super Tuesday, where he submitted for the first time to the suffrage of the democratic and independent voters after having chosen to skip the first four stages of the primaries, in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and Carolina from South.
The 78-year-old multibillionaire only came out on top in the small territory of the American Samoa Islands and picked up only 44 delegates, according to the Associated Press count.
With Super Tuesday, Joe Biden made an important comeback. The representative of the moderate line of the party took the lead in the number of delegates before Bernie Sanders by winning nine states out of the fourteen who voted on Tuesday to choose the democratic candidate who will face Donald Trump next November.
"Mini Mike Bloomberg just left the presidential race", immediately reacted on Twitter Donald Trump. "I could have told him a long time ago that he was not doing the business, he would have saved a billion dollars, the real cost (of his campaign). He will now put his money into the Sleeping Joe campaign to save face. It will not work ! ", added the American president.
