The Trump campaign appeared dismissive following California Sen. Kamala Harris announcing the end of her candidacy on Tuesday afternoon.
Harris, 55, became the latest in a string of presidential race dropouts after her poll numbers dropped in recent months.
“Kamala Harris’s departure doesn’t change anything. It has never mattered to us who emerges from the Democrat primaries. Whoever it is will be running on a big government socialist platform and will be overmatched against President Trump and his record of accomplishment,” communications director Tim Murtaugh said in a statement to the Washington Examiner.
Hours before Harris dropped out of the race, her campaign canceled a fundraiser scheduled to take place in New York City with a number of wealthy bundlers in attendance.
“I’ve taken stock and looked at this from every angle, and over the last few days have come to one of the hardest decisions of my life. My campaign for president simply doesn’t have the financial resources we need to continue,” she wrote in an email to supporters when she announced the end of her campaign. “I’m not a billionaire. I can’t fund my own campaign. And as the campaign has gone on, it’s become harder and harder to raise the money we need to compete.”
Harris had qualified for the next debate, which is scheduled for Dec. 19. The other candidates who have qualified are former Vice President Joe Biden, South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sens. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, and millionaire Tom Steyer.
President Trump and his campaign have repeatedly expressed little doubt of the president’s chances to win a second term in part because of his strong fundraising numbers.
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