Bloomberg has already spent $120 million on ads in presidential race

The Hill ^ | 12/25/19 02:51 PM EST | Rachel Frazin

[Zhang Fei]

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has reportedly spent about $120 million in digital and television ads since joining the presidential race last month.

The billionaire candidate is targeting large Super Tuesday states such as California and Texas, spending more than $13 million in each of those states, Politico reported Wednesday. Bloomberg has also spent that much in Florida, which votes a week after Super Tuesday, according to the news outlet.

Before he entered the race in late November, an aide to Bloomberg said the philanthropist would be willing to spend "whatever it takes" to beat President Trump.

Politico reported that Bloomberg has already outspent all of his competitors. Billionaire Tom Steyer has reportedly spent $83 million in ad buys, the second most, followed by South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who has reportedly spent $19 million.

Steyer, unlike Bloomberg, has focused on the early voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada, according to Politico.

[jazminerose]

Fabulous. Let them all bankrupt themselves as President Trump rakes in hundreds of millions.

[EQAndyBuzz]

What I fear is they are not spending their money on their campaigns, but on topics that ignite the fire fr the far left. If a rat just happens to win in 2020, they will get all their money back in other ways.

[stars & stripes forever]

Bloomberg has already spent $120 million on ads in presidential race

[StAnDeliver]

"They are obtuse. Perhaps that is intentional."

He is choking off the flow of information for the progressives who want to tax him at 100%. Pure Occam.

He's also setting up a 3rd-party run that might split the Democrats forever.

[montag813]

I’m in the wrong business. People are making bank off this moron. He’ll be 78(!) In February. No one is going to vote for an 80 year old prez.

[Balata]

With Bloomberg spending large sums of money across the country, those conservatives in fly over country need to hear facts they can use against his candidacy.

[Stayingawayfromthedarkside]

I just saw a
Bloomberg ad where in some alternate
reality, supposedly President Trump has broken his promises. Unless you count not locking Hillary and the real “Russian” COLLUSION team up, but I don’t think that is what Bloomie is talking about.

[goldstategop]

The repulsive little dwarf is spending up the wazoo and he’s stuck at 5%l Talk about moving the needle. 😆

[Lionheartusa1]

$120 million got him 5% . Money well spent ? Imagine if he were president spending our money .

[Daffynition]

The fill-in for Rush today, announced that the Bloomie Campaign used women prison inmates to call on his behalf, to voters in Cali.

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/12/bloomberg-campaign-admits-it-used-subcontracted-prison-labor.html

BoomBoomBloomberg!

[Ted Grant]

You’d never know he’d spent that much.

[Revolutionary]

His ads are quite poor. And he hasn’t even moved the needle. He is trying to portray himself as Trump light. Not going to be good in the primaries or general.

[Brown Deer]

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has reportedly spent about $120 million in digital and television ads since joining the presidential race last month.

and yet, I haven't seen a single one! He certainly isn't getting his money's worth.

[CJ Wolf]

I’ve seen em. Lend me your ears fellow nazis. ..

[petitfour]

I’ve seen one on YouTube. It was a socialist turnoff from a billionaire. My youngest son saw one and wanted to know who this annoying person is. Son is young.

[SoCal Pubbie]

I’ve seen a bunch on Los Angeles TV stations.