By BILL BARROW – Associated Press | SOURCE: COLORADO POLITICS
Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy suspended his bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination on Monday and endorsed former President Donald Trump after finishing fourth in Iowa’s leadoff caucuses.
Ramaswamy said he made the decision after determining there is no path forward for him in the race, “absent things that we don’t want to see happen in this country.”
The 38-year-old political novice, who sought to replicate Trump’s rise as a bombastic, wealthy outsider, said he called the former president earlier Monday evening to congratulate him on his victory in Iowa. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis came in second, with former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley just behind in third.