Bill de Blasio may be out of the presidential race, but he’s keeping the spirit of his White House run alive by sporting campaign event memorabilia.
The New York City mayor was spotted in Brooklyn on Thursday wearing a T-shirt from House Majority Whip James Clyburn’s World Famous Fish Fry event that took place in June in South Carolina. The event drew 22 Democratic presidential hopefuls, each of whom received a blue “Clyburn” tee.
De Blasio ended his presidential bid last week after failing to gain traction in the race.
Spotted this morning in Brooklyn by my colleague @eschor. Mayor @BilldeBlasio presumably headed to a workout session, wearing a @WhipClyburn‘s World Famous Fish Fry T-shirt.
Proof that, you can leave South Carolina.
But it never leaves you. pic.twitter.com/YxvrhJXKxo— Meg Kinnard (@MegKinnardAP) September 26, 2019
After launching his presidential bid in mid-May, much later than many other presidential candidates, de Blasio raised just under $1.1 million from individual donors in the second quarter of the year — one of the smallest hauls of any presidential candidate.
The New York mayor failed to meet the Democratic National Committee’s donor and polling standards to appear in the September and October primary debates, which de Blasio admitted was a factor in his decision to drop out.
Some New York locals and activists criticized de Blasio for joining the presidential race, portraying it as a vanity campaign.
