Bloomberg quits, backs Joe Biden after former VP wins Texas in Super Tuesday breakout
The New Yorker spent half a billion on his campaign and won American Samoa.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren wrestled with the embarrassment of losing at home in Massachusetts. Biden’s win amounted to a major upset over both her and Sanders, who had led Warren in polls just days earlier. She planned to spend Wednesday assessing her options.
The other major candidate, billionaire media mogul Michael Bloomberg, a former New York mayor, spent $500 million from his vast personal fortune, with little to show for it but a stack of invoices from TV networks and Facebook, though he did win American Samoa and at least four delegates there – small consolation on a night when Democrats parceled out 1,344 pledged delegates, a third of the total.
He joins a list of candidates through history who tried to bypass the initial small state contests without success. He did top the 15% threshold in Texas needed to get some statewide delegates.
“I’ve always believed that defeating Donald Trump starts with uniting behind the candidate with the best shot to do it. After yesterday’s vote, it is clear that candidate is my friend and a great American, Joe Biden,” he said.
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