The Miami mayor had suggested he'd drop out if he didn't make it into the first debate.
“I’m going to make the debate stage, I can tell you that,” he told NBC News with utmost confidence six days before last week’s debate.
But he didn’t. And now, a full week after having failed to qualify, Suarez, the mayor of Miami, appears to bethat candidates — such as him — should drop out of the race for the GOP presidential nomination if they didn't make the debate. Speaking with a group of reporters at the Iowa State Fair 12 days before the debate, Suarez was asked for his thoughts about former New Jersey Gov.“I’ve sort of always agreed with that. If you can’t meet the minimum thresholds, you shouldn’t be trying to take time and volume away from people that do,”
said in Des Moines, adding, “I don’t think candidates should just sort of linger around if they don’t have a credible path.”of qualifiers and didn’t include Suarez. And a week later, despite his suggestion that candidates who fail to make the debate stage should withdraw from the nominating race, Suarez is still running for president.Suarez hasn’t held a public campaign event since an Aug.
on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, hasn’t published a new post since Tuesday, the day after the debate lineup was announced.
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