Kamala Harris Suspends Presidential Campaign

Following reports that her campaign had cancelled several fundraisers as the California Senator wrestled with whether to pack it in, a Politico reporter tweeted Tuesday afternoon that Kamala Harris is in the process of informing senior staff that she has decided to end her campaign, and that an official announcement is expected later in the day.

NEWS – Kamala Harris is dropping out of the presidential election today, I’m told reliably. She’s informing staff now.

— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) December 3, 2019

Harris joins Beto O’Rourke as an establishment favorite who is packing it in early after failing to find traction with voters.

The rumors prompted a flurry of humorous reactions on social media.

Kamala Harris saying goodbye to her campaign and returning to locking teens up like pic.twitter.com/eqjrTnYYN8

— Caleb Hull 🎅🏻🎁 (@CalebJHull) December 3, 2019

One reporter noted that, by dropping out, Harris will ensure that the debate stage for the December debate will consist of only white candidates as Corey Booker and Tulsi Gabbard, and Andrew Yang all failed to qualify.

Though she has yet to confirm, members of her staff have already started to tweet about the campaign’s demise.

Senator Harris staff is starting to tweet https://t.co/DsAwu8Di6W

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) December 3, 2019

Notably, Harris’s electoral victory odds have plummeted since she clashed with Gabbard during one of the summer debatets.

Now, Harris is just one more establishment favorite that Gabbard has outlasted

*Kamala Harris drops out of presidential race*

Tulsi: pic.twitter.com/er76mx5YPS

— Siraj Hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) December 3, 2019

Clearly unwilling to accept the fact that her background as a prosecutor made her unpalatable to a generation of young Americans suspicious of authority, Harris has recently questioned whether her failure to gain traction was the result of America being unprepared to elect a woman of color.