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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Tue Dec 3, 2019, 02:33 PM Dec 2019

Kamala Harris drops out of 2020 presidential race

(No surprise)

Sen. Kamala Harris, whose campaign has come under criticism for lacking direction amid a plunge in the polls, has dropped out of the 2020 presidential election, according to a report.

Harris, a California Democrat, informed staffers of her decision in a phone call Tuesday morning, Politico reported.

The disarray inside Harris’ campaign was laid excruciatingly bare in a resignation letter from Kelly Mehlenbacher, the outgoing state operations director, who complained that staffers were being treated appallingly and top officials provided little direction on policy and lacked a viable plan to win the election.

“This is my third presidential campaign and I have never seen an organization treat its staff so poorly,” Mehlenbacher wrote in the Nov. 11 letter obtained by the New York Times.

https://nypost.com/2019/12/03/kamala-harris-dropping-out-of-2020-race/

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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Kamala Harris drops out of 2020 presidential race (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Dec 2019 OP
Here is Senator Harris' statement Gothmog Dec 2019 #1
"I will keep fighting every day for what this campaign has been about" left-of-center2012 Dec 2019 #2
You can tell Joe is sincere and really cares for and respects Kamala. Gothmog Dec 2019 #4
please disregard Mehlenbacher's insight and blame it on everything else nt msongs Dec 2019 #3
 

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
2. "I will keep fighting every day for what this campaign has been about"
Tue Dec 3, 2019, 02:54 PM
Dec 2019

That was the problem.
They could not settle on a message for "what this campaign is about".

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Gothmog

(145,213 posts)
4. You can tell Joe is sincere and really cares for and respects Kamala.
Tue Dec 3, 2019, 03:23 PM
Dec 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

msongs

(67,405 posts)
3. please disregard Mehlenbacher's insight and blame it on everything else nt
Tue Dec 3, 2019, 03:19 PM
Dec 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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