As two billionaires vie for the Democratic nomination to challenge Pres. Trump in 2020, MSNBC anchor Ari Melber reports on new ways that campaign spending can shape the race, online and off. Melber notes that increasingly “lax campaign finance laws” make it legal to “essentially buy votes without technically breaking laws against buying votes,” and shines a light on practices ranging from old school payments to elected officials to new school efforts to simulate support online, reporting on practices used by Mike Bloomberg, Tom Steyer, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. Aired on 02/19/20.
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To Defeat Trump In 2020, Dems Eye Billions In Cash And Millions In Instagram Likes | MSNBC
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So sad that Bloomberg has to literally pay people to support him. Meanwhile, millions are supporting Bernie (the current Front-Runner) with voluntary donations. Says a lot, don’t ya think?
It says that when you have a party with no moral or politically intellectual foundation, than anyone can take it over.
@Dave Schultz
LOL
Good point. That’s a very good point. What will Bernie do if Bloomberg wins? That will be so fun to watch.
Ari’s among the best news anchors I’ve seen. Calm, factual, measured, no BS, make up your own mind.
One of my favorites! 🤗🥰🎉🦋
@d d Hmmm, MSNCB is also considered to lean left, but are really only centre. They both are pro establishment ‘left’ only. It’s a very, very gentle lean.
@Dave Schultz Trump just now said MSNBC is worse than CNN. I concur.
@TheBase1aransas , He called them “MSDNC”. Nailed it!!!!!
Blip Machine can’t say the same about Chuck Todd, thrill up his leg Chris Matthews, and Lawrence O’Donnell
A wall Mexico will pay for…nope.
A middle class tax break….nope.
A stronger America on the world stage….nope.
A trade deal with China….nope.
A daily barrage of lies….yup.
An outright display of corruption…..yup.
A president who doesn’t know basic geography, how to spell, or how to run a country….yup.
t’rump has a lot more to worry about than Instagram likes! 😄😆🤣
Trump needn’t worry about chronic liars from who knows where.
@Coma White more to the point, the most corrupt, immoral, Putin asset in the White House won’t either!! Do your home work, Hillary Clinton is one of the most investigated people ever in the White House, who has been completely exonerated, and never impeached!! Unlike many people mistakenly believe, Robert Mueller DID NOT EXONERATE trump, his crooked A.G. Bill Barr hid Mueller’s report, and he exonerated trump!! There are ten different incidences Mueller listed trump could be indicted for, out of office, I’m sure Barr has fixed that, too!! The Jim Jordon Republicans held 33 hearings well over two years, investigating Benghazi, that had already been investigated by 7 other congressional committees, Hillary testified for 11 hours!! Kevin McCarthy admitted the lengthy probes had the effects they meant them to have, to hurt Hillary’s chances to win the election, they spent 7 thousand tax payer dollars to cheat, to help trump!!! Republicans always have to cheat to win elections!! trump is going to be impeached forever, Hillary never was!!
@Sharon Snow
But Hillary was never president. Now stop whining and eat your vegetables or you will go directly to bed.
We’re in a very sad situation [UNITED STATES] when money decides the eventual winner. OH WELL!!!! TIS IS LIFE IN OUR nation.
” OH WELL!!!! TIS IS LIFE IN OUR nation” Tis the season for sannity.
We have “legalized corruption” in the USA. Who will stop that?
Legitimized corruption? Whitewater
@Peter Bills Drumpf’s golfing.
Jehovah’s system of government. Only Jehovah God can stop this, we are living in times of the end.
No Dems I know are eyeing this guy. Maybe just the DNC, and they’re no longer concerned about what we Dems want.
That is a very true statement
Well are you sure you no what you want?
The DNC is no longer relavent, their time is up just as the RNC is dead. It’s now the rich man against the poor man. It’s Class Warfare. The Democratic- Republic is dead. Our Founding Fathers would weep. It’s now just about 💲
Omg vote
WAIT ANOTHER YEAR???
LMFAO 😂🤣
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Walk the walk!!! Get OFF the couch!
STAND UP America!!!
The fact that Bloomberg is out here paying people to support him online, really irks me. That is just fundamentally not Ok, in my opinion. Absolutely no chance of me supporting him now. Bernie all the way.
The DNC stole the nomination from Bernie in 2016 and they will do it again in 2020. The DNC is corrupt and it’s alleged they’ll never let Bernie get the nomination.
The idea a Crazy Bernie supporter would ever even think about supporting a gazillionaire sounds strange. I can’t wait to see Bernie’s reaction if Bloomberg wins. Whatever that reaction is, it will be comedy. I ain’t kidding.
What proof do you have tbat he is paying people to vote for him
I would have a problem with it if these were not Instagram influencers as that is literally what many of them do for a living – they receive payment from different people and brands to post something positive about them to their thousands of Instagram followers. I like Ari Melber a lot but I am not sure that he understands that hiring Instagram Influencers who earn their living doing things like this is very different than paying random people. If Bloomberg had gone to a mechanic and paid the person for fixing his car, no one would have questioned it as that is the mechanic’s job. This is the Instagram Influencers’ job. That is not at all like what Trump did where the Shell workers would not have been paid for the day if they did not attend a Trump even in August 2019.
Michael Bloomberg is only utilising the mass media as his campaign platform. He does not hand money to people to cast their votes for him. Nothing illegal.
American politics has always been about money asking for donations from sponsors. Only this time there is a potential nominee that needs no sponsors and who is ready to spend more.
We NEED stricter campaign finances laws updated for this century. None of this is illegal, but some of it certainly should be.
@Peter Bills ‘you’ party? Home skooled teabaggr gaggr?
😂🤣😘
@Dawn Oceanside
I can’t wait to see Crazy Bernie’s reaction if Bloomberg wins. I ain’t kidding. That will be so very entertaining.
@Dawn Oceanside I use Dawn, she cleans my dishes
Why are you cleaning my dishes Dawn?
Bloomberg tactic is basically ‘Saturate Russian Trolls’ by ‘paying’ for a domestic army of trolls.
So now you’re saying Mini Mike is colluding with RUSSIA? 😵💫
Money can’t buy you love but it can sure buy you an election. What’s that Stormy? money can buy you love?
MSNBC’s Chuck Todd blasted for ‘shoddy journalism’ ahead of Dem debate
@TheBase1aransas l concur
Ernesto Ybarra Chuck is am establishment hack!
@PJH199 1 yep Chucky hates Bernie Sandernista
@PJH199 1 Well over a decade ago I used the search term “CIA + Recruit + College + Journalist”. Lead me down a research path that explained what happened to America including why JFK was assassinated. I come to MSNBC to see today’s example.
Heck, yeah that meme makes Sanders look cool but, to make you look cool Bloomberg? Nah.
I personally don’t think it’s fair to buy votes. I want someone that cares about us. Not someone that bought us.😶🤔🦋🦋🦋
Boycott FB!
BLOOMBERG MIGHT BE SHORT IN STATURE, BUT TRONALD DUMP IS SHORT IN THE MIND! I’LL TAKE THE SHORT STATURE ANYDAY!😅😅😅
KEEP THAT MONEY FLOWING. EHAW
I am looking for donations to run for the Senate I’ll be totally honest with you I have a past but who doesn’t the point is the people need to be represented
The little girl is a darling. Never introduce such a beautiful little girl to politics in the future.