Bobby Jindal (R) announced on Fox News Tuesday that he would suspend his 2016 presidential bid.
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Jindal stated he was born to “believe Americans can do anything”, still in that he is come to the belief in that “this is not my time”.
Jindal’s parents came to the United States 45 years ago from India and he said that they could never have imagined their son would serve as governor or run for president.
Jindal, 44, seems to have peaked politically when he was chosen to deliver the Republicans’ rebuttal to President Barack Obama’s first State of the Union address in 2009.
Jindal refused to bestow his support on any of the 14 remaining aspirants for the party’s nomination, among whom real estate magnate Donald Trump, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, Florida Sen.
Despite campaigning heavily, Jindal’s never rose above 1% in national polls, even when he took on bigger fish – including sparring with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in the most recent Republican debate and declaring Trump a “carnival act”. “We can not settle for the left’s view of envy and division”, Jindal said in a statement. He was facing a major cash crunch to keep the campaign going, after wrapping up the last fundraising period with $261,000 on hand.
His frequent absence from the state further damaged his popularity in Louisiana, which compromised his race for the White House.
Jindal failed to qualify for any of the four primary GOP debates during his campaign, and garnered only 3 percent in the polls.
On Monday, Jindal’s campaign said he would continue his tour of Iowa’s 99 counties this week. “He’s going home”, Anderson said. “I trust the American voters to select our next nominee”, he said.
He’s the third Republican to drop out of the crowded field, following the exits of former Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.
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Asked if Jindal would be interested in working for a potential Republican president in 2017, Anderson said: “I’m skeptical of his interest in being in an administration, but that’s just me”.
