“We were never supposed to get anywhere at all,” Pete Buttigieg, one of the Democratic front-runners made a startling announcement to drop out of the 2020 presidential race.

In an effort to consolidate the already problematic Democratic party, Buttigieg’s decision came after his poor performance at the South Carolina primaries. In his statement, the former mayor said: “Today is a moment of truth…the truth is the path has narrowed to a close. So tonight I’m making the difficult decision to suspend my campaign for the presidency.”

Instead of heading to Texas, Buttigieg went home to South Bend where he made his announcement at 8:30 PM, just days before the Super Tuesday. Buttigieg continued, “In a field in which more than two dozen Democratic candidates ran for president—senators and governors, billionaires, a former vice president—we achieved a top-four finish in each of the first four states.”

Finally, he added, “We found countless Americans ready to support a middle-class millennial mayor from the industrial Midwest, not in spite of that experience but because of it, eager to get Washington to start working like our best-run communities.”

After topping the disastrous Iowa caucus, and ranking second in the New Hampshire primaries, Buttigieg, unfortunately, ranked fourth in the South Carolina primaries.

To assure the already shaky Democratic party, Buttigieg made a promise to “Do everything in my power to ensure that we have a new Democratic president come January.” According to an insider report from Fox News, a campaign aide shared the reason why the mayor chose to drop out. “Buttigieg wants to unite the party right now and he thinks that getting out of the race before Super Tuesday is the best way to do that,” the unnamed campaign aide said. Fox News also pointed out that Buttigieg’s “inability to connect with African-American voters—which mirrored problems he had with South Bend’s black community—led to just 3 percent support from that crucial constituency in South Carolina,” might have affected his decision.

As he dropped out of the Democratic nomination, the race will most likely go down to Joe Biden who had won massive support in South Carolina, and Sen. Bernie Sanders who got the popular vote in Iowa, Nevada and New Hampshire. President Trump was also quick to respond to Buttigieg’s choice to end his presidential campaign. Trump tweeted: “Pete Buttigieg is OUT. All of his SuperTuesday votes will go to Sleepy Joe Biden. Great timing. This is the REAL beginning of the Dems taking Bernie out of play - NO NOMINATION, AGAIN!”

During his campaign run, Buttigieg was able to raise nearly $83 million spending $76 million and still having $ 6.5 million on hand as of January 31.