Pretty soon you're talking about real money.
Posted on 04/20/2020 4:54:39 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg spent more than $1 billion on his failed presidential campaign, more than both Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and President Trump in all of 2016.
Bloomberg spent a total of more than $1.2 billion on his bid for the White House in 2020, according to 2019 and 2020 Federal Election Commission filings. More than $1 billion of that was spent in 2020 alone before the former mayor dropped out of the race at the beginning of March.
The former 2020 candidate, who self-funded his campaign, outspent Clinton’s and Trump’s totals from the last election year.
Clinton spent a total of $969.1 million in 2016, with super-PACs boosting her total to $1.18 billion. Trump spent $531 million in 2016, and super-PACs brought the total to $616.5 million, Bloomberg News reported.
Bloombeg announced his presidential bid at the end of November, meaning his campaign lasted a little more than three months.
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Which means that even in these benighted times, you still can’t buy an election.
Pretty soon you're talking about real money.
money well spent...
It was nothing more then a ruse to funnel the money to various media sources......not about running.....it was about payoffs
exactly. The media got all that money, so i’m not feeling sorry for them at all. No handouts for them, please.
So he could have given each American TWO million dollars!
/Brian Williams
I was going to ask, “What was the real purpose of spending the $1 billion?” You have nailed one option. Perhaps there are other motives too, aimed at thwarting Sanders and/or Clinton.
That’s a billion he can’t waste on some other crap.
True, but a good candidate can lose an election if he doesn't have enough money.
Russia invested a puny hundred thousand to defeat Hillary.
Doomburg should have hired Putin to manage his campaign.
Not true. Clinton spent 1.3 billion from what I recall.
I hope the prick dies penniless.
When everyone hates you, spamming them constantly for months goes a long way toward fixing that.
Be fair. Mini Mike did get American Samoa.
AND-—EVERY penny added to Trump’s GDP.....
He got Samoa, but he didn't get nomoa.
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