By: David Carson
The thing that caused Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington, Representative Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, and the former Colorado governor, John Hickenlooper, to drop out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination was that hardly an Americans knew or cared that they’d been in it.
Will New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio be next?
According to the New York Times, de Blasio “refuses to “accept the premise” of questions about the wisdom of his continued candidacy… Instead, the mayor persists in the belief that he has a story worth telling — and that his stewardship in New York City should be viewed as a way to cast light on how the nation can recover from a Trump White House.”
It doesn’t bode well for a candidate when the most buoyant show of optimism comes from his own web site. But the mayor’s is full of hope, reading: “Join Bill’s Fight for Working Families. Here in New York City, a place that is legendarily big and tough and complicated, we proved that when you give back to working families, the whole city gets stronger. Now we can do that for our country too. Join Bill’s campaign for president today and show that you’re with us. We’ve won big, meaningful progressive victories in New York City by pushing past everyone who said we can’t — and we’re going to do it for the whole country, too.”
They say any publicity is good publicity, but not for de Blasio. “Missing” signs featuring his photo are hanging from lampposts across New York City. “Last seen embarrassing himself in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina,” say the black-and-white posters. “If seen please tell him to immediately return to New York and do the job he was elected to do.”
“The poster — printed with a photo of Hizzoner and his age, height and weight — asks anyone with “information about this man’s whereabouts” to contact [email protected], the New York Post reported. “The poster’s creator, Jason Selvig, told The Post he launched the campaign in an effort to convince the mayor to step away from his 2020 White House bid — amid various polls showing him at zero percent. “I want to use this platform to formally ask Bill de Blasio to use his CNN town hall on Sunday night to withdraw from the presidential race and to apologize to New Yorkers on live television for the embarrassment he has caused to the city with his disastrous campaign,” Selvig said.
