Coffee shop owner Christopher Silvia has evidently dropped out of the race for Fall River mayor.

Silvia, appearing on local podcast The Bobby Couto Show, announced that he is “out of the campaign business.”

Silvia joined the campaign in July after having built a social media following in recent months around community activism, principally regarding what he has suggested is ineffective homeless outreach. On the podcast, he said he was pulling out of campaigning, citing negative responses to his campaign on social media and the prospect of facing oppositional research and scrutiny.

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