Posted on 11/23/2019 10:16:45 AM PST by Mount Athos
Michael Bloomberg, who is mulling a run for the Democratic presidential nomination, will spend $34 million to run just one week of ads bashing President Donald Trump, according to a new report.
The ad campaign is slated to run nearly nationwide beginning on Monday, and comes one day after Bloomberg filed paperwork creating a presidential campaign committee, according to Politico.
Bloomberg is worth $52 billion according to Forbes, and reportedly plans to spend up to $500 million of his fortune seeking the presidency.
The gargantuan ad buy is possibly the largest one-week spend in U.S. political history, eclipsing the $30 million then-President Barack Obama dropped in a week while seeking re-election in 2012.
The initial ad buy will see ads running in all but two of the contiguous 48 states, according to tracking firm Advertising Analytics.
Bloomberg committed this past week to spending $100 million in digital ads aimed just at Trump and another $15 to $20 million to register half a million voters.
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He’s trying to circumvent the campaign finance limit.
he lives in NY. let him advertise his krap there.
this kind of gross arrogance is why so many people dis-respect or even despise him
and why he will never be President
So that’s about 20 million of his money, and 10 million of the taxpayers?
Not up on tax deductions.
MSM know a cash cow when see one.
More ADs, more income for them.
it’s legal to spend as much of your own money as you want on your campaign.
I don’t know the requirements for matching funds from govt, i think i remember there’s a limit you can spend to qualify for that
Is he spending it on his campaign though?
$34 million on TV no one watches. Yeah, its a good buy.
Pompous a$$!
If he really cared about the poor, he would give all his money to charity and live as an unprivileged White.
Michael Bloomberg is pretty high on the scumbaggery synopsis in this country. Will use his money to make his personal sentiments become law. It’s great to be rich.
Good, that’ll be 34 million he can’t spend on something that might make a difference.
Could spend 34 Billion dollars, it won’t move the needle. Ads won’t be any different from what’s already happening 24/7 at CNN/MSNBC/NBC/CBS/ABC/WP/NYT/etc. Moon bats will love the ads, but they already own that crowd. Stoopid lib.
He can add a few terms to that number and still not break 10%.
46 states?
What are the other 11 states?
And to think, he could have done used that money to build section 8 housing in gated communities
Tom Steyer has already spent $30+ million on anti-Trump ads. Anyone think they made a difference?
It’s been nothing but anti-Trump since the day he announced he was running so $34 million give to the homeless , LOL
More free media coverage for Trump!
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