“Once I return to Iowa, it won’t be as a presidential candidate. I’m suspending my marketing campaign,” Scott stated in an look on former GOP Rep. Trey Gowdy’s Fox Information program.

“I feel the voters, who’re probably the most exceptional folks on the planet, have been actually clear that they are telling me: not now,” Scott continued.

The announcement comes after Scott canceled a scheduled marketing campaign swing in Iowa this weekend, citing the flu. His marketing campaign postponed occasions this weekend.