Chris Christie, Carly Fiorina drop bids after New Hampshire
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is ending his presidential campaign for the 2016 election in the United States, his aide says.
A senior aide confirmed to Reuters on Wednesday that Christie would drop the bid.
The decision was made after a weak performance in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, with Christie on the sixth spot.
Before the primary results had been released, Christie said he was going “home” to wait rather than South Carolina where the next vote is supposed to take place on February 20.
“We haven't been home for two weeks, so we can actually get a change of clothes,” added the New Jersey governor.
Christie also congratulated real estate mogul Donald Trump for his victory in the Granite State, saying Republicans in the state have “spoken very clearly that Mr. Trump is their preference.”
According to New York Times, Christie’s greatest impact was his attack at Marco Rubio during the GOP debate before New Hampshire, which made the Florida senator look like “a scripted and superficial politician who lacked the qualifications for the presidency.”
The “once-commanding figure” who got 7.4 percent of the vote, is blamed as he “unsettled the race” with the move.
Fiorina drops bid
As Christie was expected to make a formal statement, former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina said on Facebook that she was ending her bid but she will not “sit down and be quiet.”
She also addressed “young girls and women across the country” saying what could be construed as an attack on Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, the only other woman present in the race.
“Do not listen to anyone who says you have to vote a certain way or for a certain candidate because you're a woman. That is not feminism. Feminism doesn't shut down conversations or threaten women,” said Fiorina, who got 4.1 percent of the vote in the NH primary.
US 'bolstered' armed groups to oust Assad in Syria: Report
Washington was ‘aware’ of Israel’s nuclear weapons production since 1960s: Declassified doc.
Blinken visits Turkey as tensions escalate over proxies in Syria
Israeli strikes on north Gaza hospital ‘extremely dangerous, terrifying’: Director
VIDEO | Yemen targets Tel Aviv with Palestine 2 missiles
Pezeshkian: Iran resolved to complete North-South Transport Corridor
VIDEO | Iran-Syria: For Resistance
Qassam Brigades claims killing 3 Israeli troops in northern Gaza
More alive than ever: Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's legacy grows stronger in martyrdom
Occupation of Syria’s highest peak Mount Hermon part of ‘Greater Israel’ project
Iran: Syrian people will decide their future without foreign interference
PressTV NEWSLETTER
now
This makes it easy to access the Press TV website
