Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez see 'class solidarity' in report Bezos asked Bloomberg to run

[Uncle Joe]

(snip)

"The fact that Bill Gates seems more willing to vote for Donald Trump than anyone else tells you everything you need to know about how far they’re willing to go to protect their excess, at the cost to everyday Americans,” the progressive first-term lawmaker, who was in Iowa to campaign for Sanders, added.

“Jeff Bezos, worth $150 billion, supporting Mike Bloomberg, whose worth only $50 billion, that's real class solidarity,” Sanders said after composing himself, according to the newspaper.

“I’m impressed by that grassroots movement. We on the other hand have had over a million people contribute to our campaign ... So a little bit different approach to politics.”

(snip)

“He doesn't have to worry about coming into Iowa, he doesn’t have to worry about going to New Hampshire or Nevada or South Carolina,” he said. “He's just going to spend, I suspect, hundreds of millions of dollars in media in California because he's a billionaire," he added. "So that's the corruption of the political system based on the kind of massive wealth inequality that exists right now."

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/469772-sanders-ocasio-cortez-see-class-solidarity-in-report-bezos-asked-bloomberg

[msongs]

1. so bernie is not going to spend millions of dollars in advertising himself? nt

[Uncle Joe]

2. Bernie's "millions" are representative of the over million donors

that have contributed to his campaign.

That's simply not the case with Bloomberg.

[stopdiggin]

5. an unnecessary jab

and all the while intentionally missing the point. ALL the candidates are spending money. The difference lies in where the money is coming from. But you knew that.

[Maraya1969]

3. I'm not voting for any damn billionaire who thinks he can buy the fucking presidency!

And I don't think enough other Democrats will either. I don't think he will win the primary.

Of course, if Hell freezes over and he does win I'll hold my nose and vote for him but I really hope that doesn't happen.

[Uncle Joe]

4. I believe it to be a safe bet that

Bezos' paper will not be too critical of Bloomberg.

[ancianita]

7. +1000

[Xandric77]

6. The Washington Post now has a conflict of interest

it's hard to trust a Newspaper when the owner asked first that a person run for president

[Uncle Joe]

8. I believe so as well Xandric.

I'm just wondering how long it will be before WAPO formally endorses Bloomberg?