Bloomberg vows to refuse donations, presidential salary

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Bloomberg vows to refuse donations, presidential salary

By STEVE PEOPLES
November 23, 2019

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Bloomberg will not accept political donations if he runs for president and he will not take a salary if he wins, according to senior aides who offered new details on Saturday about the New York billionaire’s plans to navigate his wealth as he marches toward a formal 2020 announcement.

“He has never taken a political contribution in his life. He is not about to start,” Bloomberg chief adviser Howard Wolfson said in an interview. “He cannot be bought.”

One of the richest men in the world, Bloomberg is sending every indication he has decided to enter the crowded Democratic presidential primary election. In recent days, he has created a presidential campaign committee with the Federal Election Commission and qualified for the primary ballot in at least three states. Bloomberg’s team has reserved more than $30 million in television ads set to begin running Sunday in several primary states.

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His Democratic rivals pounced on news of Bloomberg’s massive television ad buy, in addition to his decision to bypass the first four states on the presidential primary calendar — Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina — in favor of focusing on the many states that hold primary contests in March.

“I’m disgusted by the idea that Michael Bloomberg or any billionaire thinks they can circumvent the political process and spend tens of millions of dollars to buy elections,” Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders, a Vermont senator, wrote Friday on Twitter. “If you can’t build grassroots support for your candidacy, you have no business running for president.”

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Read more: https://apnews.com/faeb0397465948cea256367867c7efb1

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“If you can’t build grassroots support for your candidacy, you have no business running for president.” - Bernie Sanders

Bernie has a point there.

[Newest Reality]

1. Well, that's just what we need!

We all look forward to being hunted for sport by immortal, billionaire cyborgs in the near future, so Bloomberg looks like a good candidate to usher in the age of techno-Fascist Oligarchical Neo-Feudalism.

Rent your space, place and stuff, Serfs! You have been owned.

CYBORGS FOR BLOOMBERG! BLOOMBERG/AI 2020.

[Xipe Totec]

3. LOL! Good thing I didn't have scotch in my mouth when I read this

That would've been a waste of good scotch.

The just drips...

Kudos.

[ritapria]

2. Damn I was going to cut a check for the fellow

Well I'll still give Mike my 2 cents : Don't waste your money , Dude

[Salviati]

5. If he wants to make a real difference...

... He should cut some big checks to Stacy Abrams and Eric Holder for Fair Fight and the NDRC. This stunt is just about his ego, and politics is already too full of people who believe that they are the only solution the the problems that are ailing us.

[JoeOtterbein]

6. K n R ! Thanks for posting!

[democratisphere]

7. Got to get the MONEY out of politics.

We are attempting to get rid of a fake billionaire and I am not sure America is ready for a real one, many times over!

[StevieM]

8. It's unfortunate that Sanders and Klobuchar didn't bring up the real reason to be outraged.

Michael Bloomberg supported George W. Bush and Dick Cheney for re-election in 2004.

Anyone who wants to run has the right to do so. I expect that Bloomberg will be wasting his money, especially if one of our candidates grows a brain and points out that it is crazy to even consider voting for a Bush/Cheney guy.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

9. I've seen the video of him opening the RNC convention.

But did he actually support shrub? I couldn’t find anything. Either way, he is at the very bottom of my list.

[StevieM]

10. Here is something to look at.

https://www.mediamatters.org/abc/abcs-tapper-stephanopoulos-call-bloomberg-liberal-democrat-despite-endorsement-bush-2004

[B Stieg]

11. Whoopie Friggin Do!

You're too rich to govern.
And you're just trying to avoid paying higher taxes.
Suspend your campaign, now!

[marble falls]

13. Well isn't that special. Trump said that, too.