Posted on 02/13/2019 8:34:10 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Michael Bloomberg has allocated $500 million to deny President Trump a second term in 2020, either by running himself or by providing funding and data to the eventual Democratic nominee, according to Politico.
Should Bloomberg decide to run — a decision he plans to make in the coming weeks — he believes the $500 million war chest would finance his campaign through the primaries, at which point he plans to invest more of his personal fortune should he win the nomination.
“That’ll get us through the first few months,” Bloomberg’s top adviser Kevin Sheekey told Politico.
“Mike spent $100 million in his last New York City election. And you can do the math as you think more broadly but New York City is 3 percent of the national population,” Sheekey said. “I’m not suggesting it’s straight math. But I’m suggesting that when Mike Bloomberg is committed to making a difference and seeing something though, generally speaking he’s pretty unabashed in doing so.”
In the event that he chooses not to run, he intends to continue building out extensive voter profiles and collecting other data that he believes will prove essential to the Democratic nominee.
The former New York City mayor has already developed a core staff that meets once-a-week to determine the viability of his own personal run, which has already faced staunch opposition from other Democratic contenders critical of the idea of self-funding a presidential campaign.
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Bloomberg doesn’t realize there is very strong negative correlation
People vote for Trump exactly because they are tired of the wealthy, connected and Washington insiders stealing the voice, power and money of the middle and working classes.
Every time Bloomberg or his supporters say he’s going to use his great wealth to win an election, he loses 100,000 votes.
Campaign managers get big fish on the line.
A fool and his money...
Hillary! had almost a billion and couldn’t pull it off.
Damn capitalists. I’ve got my billions, how you doing?
He’s going to give America, “the best government money can buy.”
Hillary's been quieter than usual in recent weeks, wonder if she had cosmetic surgery in advance of her third Presidential run.
Looks like the 60+ million people who voted for President Trump need to pony up at least $10 each but preferably much more. I plan to donate to his campaign.
JoMa
Are there national campaign management firms I can invest in?
$500 million or more can buy a lot of dead voters.
I’d love to see Bloomberg waste a billion dollars - that would be wonderful to see.
He’s not going to beat Trump no matter how much he throws at the 2020 election.
I thought individuals cannot contribute more than 2k for a candidate?
You don’t want Bloomberg for president either. He thinks only HE knows anything about everything. From how big a soda you should buy to how to teach in a NYC classroom to...the list is endless. He’s a little dictator who thinks he can buy the presidency. Stay FAR away from this little Napolean emperor wannabe. I absolutely hate this guy with a burning passion. It was Bloomberg who started the steep downfall of the NYC school system, who took any fun out of teaching and turned it into a punch list of dozens of items to check off, never mind the flow of the narrative or the transfer of knowledge itself. He can burn in hell, the sooner the better.
Go ahead. I am still voting for him.
True, but giving the money to a better candidate, or to the DNC if they pick a better candidate, is a problem. What he’s doing now is trying to get people interested in running that he might not run away from screaming.
Couldn’t agree more.
And speaking of taking the fun out of teaching, did you read about that teacher who said he would play the kids on their favorite Internet game if they did well in his class?
He got fired.
Is he going to buy the destruction of America?
Leave it alone Bloomberg — we have a good president, already.
Make America Breast Feed Again
Can’t wait for the campaign season to start. Trump will destroy most of them in the first few months. Trump is the best I have ever seen period.
There! Fixed it for you.
Big Brother nanny state where only Bloomers decides who lives and who dies and "knows what is best" for you, your family and Amerikka.
Winning platform... NOT!
RE: He’s going to run on killing babies and taking away your SALT and SOFT DRINKS:
He wants to take away your guns too.
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