John Delaney Locked Himself Out The House!

Former lawmaker John Delaney drops out the race for president.

The first official candidate to declare his intentions to run for president has became the latest one to drop out the race. Former Maryland congressman John Delaney has announced he is suspending his presidential campaign citing financial constraints.

He drops out the race days before the Iowa Caucuses.

"It has been a privilege to campaign for the Democratic nomination for President, but it is clear that God has a different purpose for me at this moment in time, Delaney said in a statement. "I leave this race with a profound sense of gratitude to the voters who shared with me their hopes and concerns for our magnificent country, in admiration for the other contenders for the nomination and proud of the work we did to change the debate."

Delaney said the decision was "informed by internal analyses indicating John's support is not sufficient to meet the 15% viability in a material number of caucus precincts, but sufficient enough to cause other moderate candidates to not make the viability threshold, especially in rural areas where John has campaigned harder than anyone."

Delaney launched his presidential bid in July 2017, campaigning in Iowa ever since. He visited every county in the state. He was ranked among Democratic candidates running at either 0 or 0.3% in polls.

He hasn't appeared on any debate stage since July 2019.

He issued a warning to the remaining candidates running. He said don't underestimate Donald J. Trump and the Republicans.

He believes like many insiders that Trump is likely to win. Given that the U.S. Senate is trying to quickly quash the impeachment trial and Trump is trying to milk off the acquittal, Democrats need to stop destroying one another and work together to build the coalition that won 2008 and 2012.

Delaney said he will endorse the eventual nominee. He wants a candidate that "strongly believes the Democratic Party should advance candidates with progressive values on the big issues of our time, but who are committed to governing with pragmatic, fact-based, bipartisan solutions."