Bloomberg pressures donors over gun control votes

Associated Press ^ | Jun 12, 2013 12:51 PM EDT | John Christoffersen

[Olog-hai]

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is stepping up his gun control campaign by asking donors not to support four Democratic senators who opposed a bill to expand background checks.

Bloomberg’s made the request in a letter to about 1,100 New York City residents. It comes as a mayor’s group that he co-founded plans a national bus tour aimed at getting senators who voted against the proposed legislation in April to change their minds. …

[txrefugee]

Really/ A national bus tour? Didn’t HillaryCare get smashed after her ill-fated bus tour was attacked by senior citizens? I can imagine the reception Nanny Bloomberg’s buses will get in the real USA.

[MichaelCorleone]

The devil's got Bloomie’s soul alright. Only Jesus Himself can set him free -

Let us pray...

[a fool in paradise]

"Republican" Nanny Bloomberg is urging his donors not to support "certain" Democrats? I suspect that Mr. Bloomberg isn't really a Republican at all...

[Resolute Conservative]

Please come to Texas.

[PATRIOT1876]

And so the image of people in New York being smart and tough dies with a majority vote for Bloomberg.