Ricardo Lachlan Drops Out Of 2024 Presidential Race, Endorses Laylin

RUFUS - 2024 Presidential Candidate, Ricardo Lachlan has dropped out of the 2024 Presidential race and has endorsed Jay Laylin. Lachlan said in a statement to supporters that there was no way to get the necessary votes needed to win the Presidency, and said that Laylin was the best way towards getting a Republican voted President.

"Our campaign team has come to the realization that we will not receive enough votes to get us the Republican nomination for President during the 2024 Presidential Elections," said Lachlan. "While we are eternally grateful for our supporters, campaign team, donors, volunteers and all of the 2024 Lachlan Campaign teams, we feel that Jay Laylin is the best candidate forward, and now more than ever is important for us, the Republican party to fall in behind him and get him into the Nationalist House. I am now announcing that I will withdraw from the 2024 Presidential Race and fully support and endorse Jay Laylin for President in 2024."

Republican voters have said that Ricardo Lachlan has a better chance in 2028, to run for President than as of now, and that they would support a Lachlan Presidency later on in 2028 or a future Presidential race. They said that as of now, the political climate would not allow for a sound Lachlan Presidency.

"Lachlan is playing a very steady hand, which will set him up for a future presidential bid, and potential winning the Presidency," said Kari Blake, a Republican political analyst. "Him dropping out now has shown that he understands the needs of the Jesstopian people and how a candidate can easily accept defeat when he knows he has no chance of winning. Lachlan should just wait to a later election. He has a strong following and could potentially run again in 2028 or 2032."