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Kamala Harris, presidential candidate, is no more.
“I’m not a billionaire. I can’t fund my own campaign,” she wrote in a post on Medium on Tuesday. “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.”
See: Kamala Harris ends her Democratic presidential campaign
As California’s first-ever woman and black attorney general and U.S. senator, Harris launched her campaign back in January. She’s had some high points along the way, but, after a recent poll showed billionaire Michael Bloomberg, a newcomer to the race, moving ahead of her, she announced her exit Tuesday.
“I am grateful to the thousands of volunteers and contributors who chipped in, who knocked on doors, who made calls and who put their faith and trust in me. It has been the honor of my life to be your candidate,” Harris wrote. “Although I am no longer running for President, I will do everything in my power to defeat Donald Trump and fight for the future of our country and the best of who we are.”
Here’s how she explained it on Twitter TWTR, -1.51% :
Her competition was quick to chime in, with Joe Biden saying he had “mixed emotions” about the exit by Harris, a friend of Biden’s late son Beau Biden. “She is a first-rate intellect, a first-rate candidate and a real competitor,” he said, according to ABC News. “I have mixed emotions about it because she is really a solid, solid person and loaded with talent.”
Harris is up for re-election to her Senate seat in 2022.
Numerous other supporters and rivals sounded off, as well. Here is a sampling of highlights as Harris’s name became one of Twitter’s top trending topics:
And, lastly, maybe the one that counts the most:
