Conservative radio talk show host Larry Elder is the fourth Republican candidate to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race.
“As I look at the path forward, and after careful consideration and consultation with my campaign team, I have made the difficult decision to suspend my campaign,” Elder said in a statement announcing the suspension of his campaign.
Elder announced that he was joining the GOP primary field in April. Meager donor pools and poor polling results meant he couldn’t meet the Republican National Committee’s criteria to qualify for either of the GOP presidential debates. Three months into his campaign, he couldn’t break 1% in the national polls, according to FiveThirtyEight.
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In light of his campaign’s end, Elder is now urging his would-be primary and general election voters to support former president and now-criminal defendant Donald Trump.
“He has my full support to Make America Great Again, end the epidemic of fatherless homes, reign in spending, and restore law & order,” Elder said of Trump.
He also continued to stand by his beliefs that some of “the biggest issues” affecting the United States are “the crisis of fatherlessness” and “the dangerous lie that America is systemically racist.”
“The breakdown of the family structure and the absence of positive father figures in the lives of many children have far-reaching consequences for our society, including the crime wave we are currently seeing in America today,” Elder said. “Although I am suspending my campaign for president, my commitment to addressing the crisis of fatherlessness, promoting conservative ideals, and supporting the MAGA movement remains unwavering,” he added.
On that front, this so-called “fatherlessness crisis” that Elder has emphasized through the course of his campaign is all about addressing the apparent need to repair family compositions within Black communities, noting that…
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