{"id":2015630,"date":"2023-08-29T15:13:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T19:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayor-down-francis-suarez-is-first-gop-candidate-to-drop-out-of-2024-race\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T15:15:52","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T19:15:52","slug":"mayor-down-francis-suarez-is-first-gop-candidate-to-drop-out-of-2024-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayor-down-francis-suarez-is-first-gop-candidate-to-drop-out-of-2024-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Suarez: First GOP Candidate to Exit 2024 Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmayor-down-francis-suarez-is-first-gop-candidate-to-drop-out-of-2024-race%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2015630&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Miami mayor&#8217;s\u2062 campaign\u200b was\u2063 tarnished \u200dby\u2062 embarrassing &#8216;What&#8217;s a\u2064 Uyghur?&#8217; remark<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure><figcaption>Miami mayor Francis Suarez \u2063(Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Miami Mayor Suspends Presidential Campaign<\/h3>\n<p>Miami\u200d <strong>mayor Francis Suarez<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-president-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/\" title=\"Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie - Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates President Trump, 'Trump is a Tyrant' (VIDEO)\">announced<\/a> on Tuesday he\u2062 is \u2062suspending his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">presidential campaign<\/a>, \u200cbecoming the first \u2064major Republican candidate to\u200c do so, after \u200dfailing to qualify for the first primary debate held last week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While I have decided to suspend\u2064 my campaign for President, my commitment to \u2064making this a better nation for every American remains,&#8221;\u2063 he said\u2063 in a post on X, formerly called Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Suarez, 45, entered the race \u2062in June. He\u2064 described his vision for a youthful,\u200b upbeat, and\u2064 cross-cultural campaign\u2064 in an interview with \u2062Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>A Cuban-American who has sought to create a tech-driven economic boom in Miami, Suarez was \u200bthe only Hispanic candidate in the Republican\u200d field and the third \u2064candidate from Florida,\u200c joining former president Donald Trump and \u2064Florida governor Ron DeSantis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will continue to amplify the voices of the Hispanic community\u2014the fastest-growing voting group in \u200cour country,&#8221; \u200dSuarez said \u200din \u200bthe online post in\u200b which he \u200bannounced the suspension \u2062of his campaign.<\/p>\n<p>In the \u200dpost, \u200dthe Republican also criticized \u200dthe administration of Democratic\u2062 president \u200bJoe Biden over issues like inflation and crime.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-scotus-justice-took-3m-from-book-publisher-didnt-recuse-from-its-cases\/\" title=\"Liberal Justice took M from book publisher, didn't recuse from cases.\">mayor failed<\/a> to make\u200d a splash\u2062 in the crowded GOP primary. Suarez&#8217;s most notable moment\u2062 in the \u200bcampaign was an embarrassing blunder, \u200bwhen he \u2062asked a radio host, &#8220;What&#8217;s a \u200cUyghur?&#8221; He later told\u2064 the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> he was aware of the oppressed minority group in China but &#8220;didn&#8217;t recognize the pronunciation&#8221; when the\u200d host referenced \u2063the \u200cgroup.<\/p>\n<p>Suarez \u200cwas always going to be a long shot in a race\u200b that has been dominated by Trump. Most opinion polls show DeSantis a distant second, with Suarez placed near the\u200b bottom of the \u200bpack of candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Suarez has had thorny relationships with both Trump and DeSantis. \u2063He \u2063did not support Trump in his \u200b2020 reelection bid and was critical of \u2063some of DeSantis&#8217;s COVID-19 pandemic-era policies.<\/p>\n<p>Suarez had also\u200b drawn criticism for championing\u200c cryptocurrency firms such as \u200bthe bankrupt FTX, \u2062which \u200dbought naming rights to Miami&#8217;s basketball arena but was then forced to surrender them.<\/p>\n<p>However, the city \u200dhas seen \u2063an influx of\u200d more traditional tech companies \u2063and wealthy investors during his tenure, as well as a construction\u200b boom that has helped \u200ccontribute to Miami&#8217;s reputation as a\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayor-down-francis-suarez-is-first-gop-candidate-to-drop-out-of-2024-race\/\" title=\"Mayor Suarez: First GOP Candidate to Exit 2024 Race\">top international tourism destination<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting \u2063by Kanishka Singh \u200din Washington; editing by Chris Reese\u2062 and Jonathan\u200d Oatis)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>my campaign, I remain committed to serving the people of Miami,&#8221; said Mayor Francis Suarez. His decision came after his campaign was marred by an embarrassing remark where he asked, &#8220;What&#8217;s a Uyghur?&#8221; Suarez is the first prominent Republican candidate to withdraw from the race after failing to meet the debate requirements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":2015631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2015630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2015630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2015631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2015630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2015630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2015630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}