Trump Responds To De Blasio Dropping Out As Only Trump Can

As I mentioned earlier this morning, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio’s campaign for Presidential nominee has finally been put to rest.

New York mayor Bill de Blasio drops out of 2020 presidential race https://t.co/xmY9sVgixX

— Jon Nicosia (@NewsPolitics) September 20, 2019

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has ended his long-shot bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.

“I feel like I’ve contributed all I can to this primary election and it’s clearly not my time so I’m going to end my presidential campaign,” de Blasio told Morning Joe on Friday.

De Blasio, who did not appear in the third debate earlier this month, said he could not see a path forward for his campaign because he could not meet the polling and donation thresholds to make the debate stage.

That’s an understatement. The guy was literally polling at 0%. This was WAY past due.

Now, given Trump’s EPIC response to Kirsten Gillibrand’s exit… I’ve been EAGERLY awaiting a response to this one. Trump and De Blasio’s relationship, after all, has been less than pleasant.

President Trump has now tweeted a response, and it does NOT disappoint:

Oh no, really big political news, perhaps the biggest story in years! Part time Mayor of New York City, @BilldeBlasio, who was polling at a solid ZERO but had tremendous room for growth, has shocking dropped out of the Presidential race. NYC is devastated, he’s coming home!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 20, 2019

Oh, HECK YES.

According to Daily Wire:

De Blasio had, in fact, failed to poll above 0%. He is currently hovering around 0.2% on the RealClear Politics polling average. That’s down from his peak polling average from June, where he reached 1%.

The only person on the RealClear polling average below de Blasio was Miramar, Florida, Mayor Wayne Messam, who is polling at absolute zero. A Siena College poll from earlier this week put de Blasio below 1%, meaning even people in his home state of New York didn’t want him to be president.

De Blasio announced he was running for president back in May, highlighting the progressive policies of New York City such as the city’s minimum wage of $15 per hour.

“As president, I will take on the wealthy, I will take on the big corporations, I will not rest until this government serves working people,” de Blasio said in his announcement video. “As mayor of the largest city in America, I’ve done just that.”

De Blasio announced he was running for president even though an “overwhelming majority of the mayor’s constituents said last month that they did not want to see him join the 2020 field,” USA Today reported at the time. A Quinnipiac poll published in April found that 76% of voters in New York City did not want the mayor to run for president.

You know, because maybe he should try to do his JOB first.

Buh-bye, buddy!