Sen. Kamala Harris' (D-Calif.) presidential dropout leaves the Democratic field subject to one devastating fact.
Harris dropped out of the 2020 presidential race on Tuesday, leaving Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) as the only black candidate still running. But Booker was far from happy about this revelation, telling MSNBC that now, there are "more billionaires than black people" in the 2020 race.
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