'Honestly, I can't see a path where I can win the presidency,' Tom Steyer said on Saturday night after he finished third in the South Carolina primary.
Tom Steyer had his best showing of the Democratic presidential race on Saturday night in the South Carolina primary. The billionaire looked at the results and said that his best was not good enough, and he dropped out of the Democratic presidential race.
Steyer has been an activist and a champion for climate change, and he spent nearly $24 million in TV and social media advertising in South Carolina, where he placed third behind Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders. Furthermore, Steyer did not win at least 15 percent of the South Carolina vote, which was the threshold to gain delegates.
Steyer previously said that if he did not see a path to winning the Democratic nomination, then he would step aside from the race. On Saturday night, he formally announced his withdrawal. "Honestly, I can't see a path where I can win the presidency," Steyer said, according to the Associated Press.It wasn't just money that Steyer dumped into South Carolina, hoping it would become his launching point to prominence in the campaign, he spent a lot of time appealing to the black voters in the Palmetto State, which is 56 percent African American.Saturday night."Yes, of course I am. I've never stopped.
Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer at a town hall meeting on rural healthcare issues on February 27, 2020 in Orangeburg, South Carolina. South Carolina holds its Democratic presidential primary on Saturday, February 29.Steyer has a net worth of $1.6 billion, according to AP.
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