JUST IN: Rep. Moulton drops out of 2020 presidential race.
WASHINGTON — Rep. Seth Moulton is ending his 2020 presidential campaign, his spokesperson confirmed to NBC News.
"I will continue to fight for a new generation of leadership in our party and our country," the Massachusetts Democrat is expected to say in remarks prepared for a Democratic National Committee meeting in San Francisco."And most of all, I will be campaigning my ass off for whoever wins our nomination in 2020."
Moulton, an Iraq War veteran who failed to gain traction, is expected instead to seek a fourth House term. He is the third candidate to drop out of the race in the past eight days, following the exits of Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, who will seek a third term, and former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, who has decided to run for the Senate.
A memo his campaign team circulated to reporters ahead of the announcement focused on his national security and foreign policy credentials, as well as his appetite for taking on President Donald Trump in those areas. Moulton's prepared speech to fellow Democrats Friday hit on those themes, too. "We have been challenging Donald Trump where he’s weakest — as commander-in-chief — and showing this country that Democrats are the party of making America strong overseas and safe here at home," Moulton said of his campaign in his prepared remarks.which grew out of his battles with post-traumatic stress"For the first time in my life, I talked publicly about dealing with post-traumatic stress from my four combat tours in Iraq," he said in his prepared remarks.
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