“Our work continues, the fight goes on, and big dreams never die,” she concluded.
Warren told reporters that she thought there would be more room in the Democratic race, with Bernie Sanders occupying the 'progressive' lane, and Joe Biden occupying the more 'moderate' lane.
“I was wrong,” Warren told reporters gathered outside of her home.
Asked who her supporters should vote for, @ewarren says:
— QuickTake by Bloomberg (@QuickTake) March 5, 2020
"Let's take a deep breath and spend a little time on that — we don't have to decide right this minute" pic.twitter.com/ZOUPwg16Sr
Sen. Elizabeth Warren: "I announced this morning that I am suspending my campaign for president...One of the hardest parts of this is all those pinky promises and all those little girls who are going to have to wait four more years. That's going to be hard." pic.twitter.com/00XRr32dHz
— CSPAN (@cspan) March 5, 2020
Pressed on whether she would endorse either Sanders or Biden, Warren said that was not happening today.
“Take a deep breath,” she said, urging supporters to take a couple of days to review their choices.
Warren's decision comes two days after she finished a distant third in her home state of Massachusetts, continuing a string of third and fourth place finishes which netted her a small number of delegates.
Maybe the biggest impact Warren had on the race was her attacks on billionaire Michael Bloomberg in his only two debates, as she punctured the growing aura of his candidacy, effectively starting his downward slide, which resulted in his withdrawal on Wednesday.
“A billionaire who calls women fat broads,” said Warren, as she called Bloomberg 'arrogant,' and spent much of his two debates tearing into the former New York Mayor repeatedly.
After an absolutely unprecedented reshuffling of the Democratic race over the last week - which resulted in big wins on Super Tuesday for Joe Biden - political experts weren't sure a Warren departure would have a big impact on a Biden-Sanders race.
Warren's group of voters ideologically look like Sanders' (i.e. very liberal)... Demographically they don't (i.e. white women college grads)... at all. Gonna be interesting what exactly happens.
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) March 5, 2020
This will probably surprise people but Warren's exit gives nearly equal gains to Sanders (+5) and @JoeBiden (+4). 43% of Warren voters say Sanders is their second choice and 36% say Biden is their second choice. Bet you didn't see that coming. https://t.co/DDYvZyH5C4 pic.twitter.com/UCTiPEYLja
— John Anzalone (@JohnAnzo) March 5, 2020
Warren's decision came after a very disappointing showing on Super Tuesday - and in the first month of the Democratic race - as the Massachusetts Senator never finished above third place in any contest.
From the beginning, Warren set out to build a national campaign, energetically holding rallies and bubbling over with details about her many campaign ideas.
"I have a plan for that," she would say with a smile, as the audience would erupt into knowing applause.
“This is not the time for small ideas,” Warren told a crowd in New Hampshire.
While Warren trailed in the overall race, she still was drawing big crowds over the last two weeks.
But it never translated to the ballot box.
Her departure - on the heels of Tom Steyer, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, and Michael Bloomberg getting out of the race in the last six days - means the race effectively now boils down to Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden.
With Warren out, contested convention chances seem to go down a fair amount. Biden only needs about 51% of remaining unallocated delegates (per our count w/ @DecisionDeskHQ) while Sanders needs just 53.5%. 1/2
— Kyle Kondik (@kkondik) March 5, 2020
A new poll in Florida showed how the race has swung to Biden in recent days, as he jumped 27 points, to a 61-12 lead over Sanders - while Sanders and Warren basically stayed the same.
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