The Many Different Reactions to Hickenlooper Dropping Out of the 2020 Presidential Race

After declaring his candidacy in March 2019, former Governor of Colorado John Hickenlooper announced this week in a YouTube video that he was ending his campaign to seek the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 2020. In addition, Hickenlooper revealed that he might be interested in running for the Senate instead.

First came the responses from those who were sad to see him go.

Governor @Hickenlooper didn't enter this race to advance an ideology, he got in to serve others. That's why he first ran for mayor of Denver, and that's why Coloradans elected him governor--twice. I'm grateful for his commitment to public service. We need more leaders like him.

— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) August 15, 2019

Some might have actually thought that he may have passed away.

Then came the responses from people who had no idea who he was.

Hickenlooper: *drops out of raceAmerica: pic.twitter.com/EIfVTaXMdZ

— The Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) August 15, 2019

Who? Whoever he is he made a wise decision. pic.twitter.com/SFyAp1BSo4

— Michael A Irons (@MichaelAIrons2) August 15, 2019

Hickenlooper was running for President???Wait, who is Hickenlooper? pic.twitter.com/K7EKzP2ZW3

— OmniscientJuggernaut (@OmniJuggernaut) August 15, 2019

CNN Breaking News music playsHickenlooper drops out of Presidential race.We now go live to all his followers for comment… pic.twitter.com/PCJyXepuCU

— Ill Postino (@MythAddict) August 16, 2019

Then came the suggestions as to what he should do next.

@Hickenlooper could shake things up and endorse Kamala 👀 https://t.co/qSTZdoHKHW

— Delonté Donray ➒ (@dilemmv) August 15, 2019

Luckily for us, we still have over 20 candidates left and it looks like only Andrew Yang can name them.

We asked @AndrewYang to name as many candidates as he could in one minute. With a State Fair lemonade in hand, he got 23 of 24: https://t.co/vixEFuWQw8

— Katie Akin (@katie_akin) August 16, 2019