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Washington Governor Jay Inslee, who made fighting climate change the central theme of his presidential campaign, announced Wednesday night that he is ending his bid for the 2020 Democratic nomination. Inslee announced his decision on MSNBC s The Rachel Maddow Show, admitting it s become clear that he won t win.Inslee has kept open the option of running for a third gubernatorial term throughou stanley cupe t his presidential campaign, but didn t immediately say what his political plans were. This is sort of the bookends of my campaign, Inslee said on MSNBC. We started seeing that climate change had to be the number one job of the United States. I felt very good saying that the first days of my campaign. I feel very good saying that now. And the reason is this is has just become more urgent mdash; a billion tons of ice melted in Greenland the other day. But we also have had so many people that I have met who are inspiring, who want us to act, who have helped me. We have had 130,000 people help me in this campaign. stanley quencher But it has become clear that I am not going to be carrying the ball, I am not going to be the president, so I m withdrawing tonight from the race, he added. Gov. Jay Inslee spe stanley cups uk aks during the first Democratic primary debate Miami, Florida, on June 26, 2019. Getty Inslee, 68, is the latest Democrat to end his presidential bid, follo Gokw Huckabee: We re in a Moral Crisis, Not a Fiscal Crisis
This story was written by CBSNews political reporter Brian Montopoli.In the 2004 election, according to exit polls, 78 percent of white evangelicals voted for George W. Bush. The president s deft use of religious language, socially conservative policy positions and unpre stanley cup cedented outreach program had galvanized highly religious voters, and there was serious talk of a permanent Republican majority built on their support. The Democratic Party, meanwhile, had been represented by John Kerry, whose campaign was dogged by the perception that it did not take faith outreach seriously and who struggled to convince voters that his religious rhetoric was genuine. Four years later, the script hasn t exactly flipped. But the shift when stanley quencher it comes to religious rhetoric has been remarkable. In the 2008 election cycle, it is the Democrats, not the Republica stanley fr ns, who seem most comfortable discussing their faith - and reaching out to the faithful. Consider the frontrunners for the Democratic nomination. Sen. Barack Obama has touted his personal relationship with Jesus Christ, and said he is confident that we can create a kingdom right here on Earth. He has organized faith forums, says he seeks to be an instrument of God, and speaks of his religious conversion following community organizing in Chicago-area churches. Along with conservative Sen. Sam Brownback, he spoke about fighting AIDS at evangelical pastor Rick Warren s Saddleback Church in Californi |
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