NEW: Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz decides against running for president.
Howard Shultz, the former Starbucks CEO who had been weighing an independent presidential bid, announced Friday that he will not run for president.
“My belief in the need to reform our two-party system has not wavered, but I have concluded that an independent campaign for the White House is not how I can best serve our country at this time,” Schultz said in statement. Schultz added that the money he would have allocated to a campaign “will instead be used to invest in people, organizations and ideas that promote honesty, civility and results in our politics, and that move the country beyond two-party gridlock.”But his presidential ambitions were widely criticized by Democrats concerned that his bid would end up helping President Donald Trump retain control of the White House.
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