We take a look back at Mike Bloomberg's time as New York City mayor to see what kind of candidate he'll likely be during the 2020 Democratic campaign and discuss with Azi Paybarah of The New York Times. Aired on 02/17/20.
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What Kind Of Campaigner Will Bloomberg Be Beyond The Ad Blitz? | The 11th Hour | MSNBC
Bloombergs rise in the polls is proof that you can buy your way into office in America. Sondland bought himself an ambassadorship for a measly $1,000,000.00. Imagine what you could buy with a $1,000,000,000.00?
Baby drumphf
New tires for the car. And the utilities bill.
Your comment is proof the far left is getting scared haha
Sean Ryan
Give that man a Kewpie Doll !
@Sean Ryan Scared of what? Trump doesn’t have the voter numbers to win…..without outside help.
@88Gibson LesPaul I hate trump so, I don’t get what your point is?
Why are they talking about this
like buying the election is NORMAL.
This is crazy. His record is awful.
Really? You ever live in NYC? No. Well then you do not know Bloomberg.
If every 2020 Democratic has 60b at their disposal, would Bloomberg be the only one spending money buying exposure. Really don’t think so.
@Adaryll Kelly wow, not brave enough to add their own Pic and criticizing peoples looks. How again are Bernie supporters not liberal versions of trump supporters? What’s funny is you think you’re better than them. 😂
The sooner he get into the debates, the quicker HE’LL GO DOWN
@Cecil K. Trump and Bloomberg have both similar records of sexual misconduct and sexism. Bloomberg has enacted more domestically directly racist policies than Trump. Trump is more racist when it comes to immigration but they both square off pretty equally. Trump and Bloomberg are about the same on trickle down economics. Trump might even be better on labor law since he is a populist (all his policies are lies but at least he isn’t as on the nose about it). Bloomberg has many times supported all foreign wars. Trump has opposed them. Trump is at least on paper against NAFTA and TPP. Bloomberg not only supports both but most of his fortune has been made in China. He is for less regulated trade. The list goes on and on but in most cases Bloomberg is the same as Trump or even worse if that’s possible. There is no way I will ever support Bloomberg. He is Trump 3.5.
@Rob MM Trump has said a bunch of stupid things but his brash shamelessness deflected alot of that. Bloomberg as you can see doesn’t have the loudmouth arrogance that Trump has. He’s soft-spoken, boring, and thus any terrible things he has said in the past will hit him hard.
@jbond5150 In order to get on the Democratic debate stage the DNC required minimum 250,000 individual donors to a candidate’s campaign, Bloomberg donates $300,000 to the DNC and that requirement was _immediately_ dropped.
*He shouldn’t qualify for the debates.*
He will buy the debate questions
Unless there is some secret tree shedding money that Bloomberg knows about he’s made his fortune on the back of people and by playing the system. Nobody amasses $60 billion by playing fair…he is just the flip side of the same corrupt capitalist coin of which Don the con and special interests is the other side. A new order is in order! Long shall Democratic Socialism live!
He is beast system itself and a police state tyrant using all the dope against everyone
. He looks more like a serpent fed billionaire that exists within the dark realm of evil who supports the police state that is beast system itself to be used for a serpent witch to bring forth full beast system Demonic tyranny and the destruction of humanity. Now it gets ugly. To all the quality people that don’t choose the life of petty evil… LOAD your weapons and realize every Democrat supporter, anything demon rat is the serpent devils legion bringing death to us all.
If he’s committed crimes, what are they?
@Yo-yos Tenbucks You’ve posted this same comment at least 4 times. I wasn’t any good the first time. Why copy and paste it. Can’t you think of any new comments about “serpent-ism”?
He is tired of buying politicians, so he is buying his way.
He should use his money to buy a personality.
We don’t want “personality”. We already have the Cult of Personality already.
dont give him ideas.
Read Wikipedia on this guy.
He will be the kind of campaigner who gets his elitist, entitled, overpaid friends at news outlets to support his pro elitist policies, even Trump would vote for him.
But you’re still going to vote for Trump; just to avoid Bloomberg, lol.
Like Mr. Obama?
Why is MSNBC laughing at him?
He would have Trump’s vote if Trump wasn’t busy forming his own dictatorship.
Iron Bar two racist billionaires
Democrats are racist pigs.
Debra Williams Pro Death
Lighten up, Trump is not a dictator. And Pat Incorrect, neither is Trump an evil meany “racist”.
For sheer annoyance, Bloomberg’s commercials give Geico, Progressive and Liberty Mutual a run for their money.
Dean F. This is the general consensus but he’s also buying people to say they like those ads too 🙄
Point well made! But thought I’d also toss in commercials for Ruud 25 years ago. Terrible jingle! Nobody gonna know what I’m talking about, but had to vent.
He’s a racist republican oligarch with a long recorded record of looking down on the little people.
ты стоишь открытый товарищ
he ain’t no republican! maybe one time he was a northeast rep but he is yours now !!
an oligarch buying the elections.
Disgusting!
Are we going to talk about the fact that this is the 518th video about Bloomberg when he still doesn’t have a single vote cast for him ?
So Bloomberg is buying the democratic vote and presidency?
From a distance, there is horrifying fascination in watching America’s ‘democracy’ mutate into oligarchy.
TT O’Keefe theres nothing horrifying about a guy spending his own money for exposure. Ud be complaining just has much if it was a candidate raising that much money from others and spending it. Theres no satisfying the bernie wing people.
@jbond5150 In order to get on the Democratic debate stage the DNC required minimum 250,000 individual donors to a candidate’s campaign, Bloomberg donates $300,000 to the DNC and that requirement was _immediately_ dropped.
If this were happening in any other country no one would hesitate to call Bloomberg an oligarch but instead you defend him.
You are absolutely right. I’m watching the inside of mind develop into absurdity with the rest of the world. They will not win, however.
To Bloomberg and Trump they’re both fully racist bullshyters from New York.
MSnbc pushing Mike Bloomberg left type of Trump’s. 🤬
Mike Bloomberg will be a complete failure as a campaigner, he’s afraid to debate. #Bernie2020
MSNBC is despicable along with Bloomberg. They will give coverage to Bloomberg like they gave to Trump. MSNBC is bought and paid for by Bloomberg.
He’s throwing a lot of money around, an obscene spender. My vote is not for sale.
‘Bloomberg No Good’ He is Big Brother personified.