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Bloomberg pressures donors over gun control votes
Associated Press ^
| Jun 12, 2013 12:51 PM EDT
| John Christoffersen
Posted on 06/12/2013 10:01:15 AM PDT by 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.
Bloombergs made the request in a letter to about 1,100 New York City residents. It comes as a mayors 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.
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: banglist; bloomberg; guncontrol; lobbying; secondamendment
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posted on
06/12/2013 10:01:15 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
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.
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posted on
06/12/2013 10:03:39 AM PDT
by
txrefugee
To: Olog-hai
The devil's got Bloomie’s soul alright. Only Jesus Himself can set him free -
Let us pray...
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posted on
06/12/2013 10:11:36 AM PDT
by
MichaelCorleone
(Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
To: Olog-hai; Revolting cat!
"Republican" Nanny Bloomberg is urging his donors not to support "certain" Democrats? I suspect that Mr. Bloomberg isn't really a Republican at all...
To: txrefugee
To: Olog-hai
And so the image of people in New York being smart and tough dies with a majority vote for Bloomberg.
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posted on
06/12/2013 10:31:48 AM PDT
by
PATRIOT1876
(The only crimes that are 100% preventable are crimes committed by illegal aliens)
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