NEW JERSEY: Democrat Beto O’Rourke announced Friday (Saturday in Manila) he was dropping out of the crowded race for the 2020 United States presidential nomination, after months of stagnant polling numbers and dwindling finances.

“Though it is difficult to accept, it is clear to me now that this campaign does not have the means to move forward successfully,” the former congressman said in a statement. “My service to the country will not be as a candidate or as the nominee.”

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