Mike! Mike! Mike! Mike 2020 BLOOMBERG/Team Bloomberg

[sprinkleeninow]

Mike is headed to North Carolina for the kickoff of Early Voting on Thursday, Feb 13th!

This is the first chance North Carolina voters will have to help our country turn the page on Donald Trump’s disastrous presidency. The campaign's Get It Done Bus Tour started over a week ago in California and the final stops will be Winston-Salem, Greensboro and Raleigh!

Winston-Salem~
Thursday, Feb 13, 7:00 AM
Campus Gas
1231 Polo Rd, Winston-Salem, NC 27106

Greensboro~
Thursday, Feb 13, 9:00 AM
Location will be sent to attendees who RSVP
Greensboro, NC

Raleigh~
Thursday, Feb 13, 11:45 AM
Union Station
510 W Martin St, Raleigh, NC 27601

The number one priority for Democrats has to be nominating a candidate who can defeat Donald Trump. Mike Bloomberg is that candidate, and he has already built an operation to win in states like ours.

Please join us to get out the word that Early Voting is starting!

See you soon,

North Carolina for Mike

[mobeau69]

1. Sweet! This guy may push the orange traitor over the edge. Get it done, Mike.

[Gravitycollapse]

2. Can we stop electing billionaires to POTUS?

[Zeus69]

3. Millionaires are much better

[Gravitycollapse]

5. Preferably none of the above.

[calguy]

9. Isn't Bernie a millionaire?

I think he got most of his wealth off his last campaign for POTUS. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[Gravitycollapse]

10. Yes, he is. In future elections, I hope he's the richest candidate.

Unfortunately, we have literal billionaires running right now.

[Happyhippychick]

11. Then Pete is your guy, the only non-millionaire in the race

[Gravitycollapse]

15. But his policies are friendlier to millionaires and billionaires.

[Happyhippychick]

19. His policies but not his principles I guess

[Gravitycollapse]

20. He's a newcomer. Seems most candidates become millionaires eventually.

[Happyhippychick]

24. $ doesn't talk out of the sky, it has to be pursued. It takes a lot of work to make a million.

[Celerity]

45. bollocks, that is pure invented spin, show me where his policies favour the rich

And do not toss out MFA as an example, as that is an absolute non-starter in Congress, even if we control both the Senate and the House. Just the public option is going to be a nightmare to get through, especially if the SCOTUS completely invalidates the ACA this summer. If we fail to take back the Senate, every large plan any of us have for reform and improvement is DOA, and you sure as hell are not going to take back the Senate with a pack of bomb-throwing dem socs.

NONE of our candidates favour the rich, Bloomberg's included. They all favour huge rollbacks of the Trumpian tax cuts and an large emphasis on social spending.

[emmaverybo]

22. Pete WILL NEVER gain enough AA support.

[jalan48]

14. For what it's worth a billion is 1000 millions.

It's like saying a person who makes $100 a week is on a similar footing as someone who makes $100,000 a week.

[texasfiddler]

6. If takes a good billionaire to beat a

Bad billionaire FUCKIN A!

[left-of-center2012]

7. .

[Gravitycollapse]

16. It's a sad state of affairs if in this highly accomplished field it takes a billionaire to win.

[honest.abe]

26. America is a "sad state of affairs" due to Trump, the corrupt GOP and Russian interference.

I welcome Bloomberg's billions to fix this mess.

[aeromanKC]

27. He's saving America

If Trump wins in November, America is over. OVER!!

[IndyOp]

8. We can stop now. Or, maybe, we should stop after

we've changed the Supreme Court so that political activism is curbed and the Citizens United ruling is overturned so that we put anonymous donor PACs out of business.

Trump has $92 million on hand right now. Dems can't come close in terms of funding and funding is essential to win the social media, TV, and ground games. Want paid staffers on the ground to ensure that everyone's right to vote is protected? That'll be $10 million, please.

I am currently supporting Pete, not Mike. Mike's billionaire status gives me the creeps. And the fate of the nation, humanity, and all sentient beings everywhere rest on an election that we know will be rigged.

Mike is using his billionaire dollars to fund his campaign - unlike Trump, who claimed to be self-funding but was not.

Also, Trump has never been a billionaire - he might be closer now if he had put Daddy's money into a nice money market fund and left it alone instead of doing everything in his power that he could do to lose money.

[Kaleva]

12. Mike would be the first one.

[UniteFightBack]

42. This will be the first one. nt

[jalan48]

4. Woo Hoo! Plutocracy is alive and well!

[Amishman]

36. Crumbs for the peasants

We little people are so fortunate our betters are taking charge for us

[Laelth]

13. It is absolutely EXCELLENT to see a Democrat campaigning in NC.

You go, Mike.

-Laelth

[calguy]

18. Mike has a well thought out strategy

Time will tell how well it works. We'll know in a month.

[Laelth]

21. Yep. About a month.

$50+ billion is nothing to sneeze at, and if he's willing to spend it to defeat Trump, I say, more power to him.

-Laelth

[Zolorp]

17. I like Mike.

[emmaverybo]

23. I do not like the fact that up until he decided to run, Bloomberg was defending Stop and Frisk, that

glaring example of racial injustice, and laughing off the idea of an apology tour. Then he got religion.
Snip———————————————————-

Michael Bloomberg Pushed ‘Stop-and-Frisk’ Policing. Now He’s Apologizing.

Ahead of a possible Democratic run for president, the former mayor of New York City reversed himself before an important party constituency: black voters.

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This article puts the best possible face on his change of heart.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/17/us/politics/michael-bloomberg-speech.html

[Baclava]

25. aaaaand the skeletons come tumbling out of the closet, timing is everything

[Amishman]

37. Spend time as a Republican, doing Republican things, and the closet gets full

And given today's scandal is over comments only a few years old, it appears his change of heart is conveniently recent

[UniteFightBack]

43. Good thing Dems are a forgiving lot and if black folks break for Bloomberg it' a wrap.

We NEED his war chest regardless, so thank you Michael Bloomberg.

If it can't be Biden then Bloomberg it will be.

[aeromanKC]

29. Trump advocates death to the Central Park 5

[Demsrule86]

32. I don't like it either...but if you consider only judges, he is 10000000 times better than

Trump and I think he can beat Trump...see how he fairs with the AA vote...he must have that. If it comes down to him or Sanders I vote Bloomberg because Sanders is going to lose badly. I still want Joe.

[emmaverybo]

34. I agree. With facts in hand, it is AA voters who should ultimately judge Bloomberg's actions and

justification for them. They will in withdrawing or increasing their support. I am not going to make
a bargain with Bloomberg on their behalf. I wait to see. May he be vetted. He is not our only choice. It is early times to rush into Bloomberg’s arms.

[Demsrule86]

39. If he doesn't have their support, he won't win a primary.

[emmaverybo]

40. No won't. Damn tootin he won't. And although I am very concerned, I am not about, as a white person

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to tell AA folks who to throw support behind. Personally, I would feel better with Bernie or Warren, but I am not throwing in the towel on Biden.

I am disappointed that privileged liberals and progressives would run towards Bloomberg. I see that as+a betrayal of principles. He is not the only candidate.

[sprinkleeninow]

46. I must be one o' them privileged liberals who will run towards Bloomberg if Biden goes out.

Bloomberg will clean up this friggin' mess and put in place those who will save us and our democracy.

[emmaverybo]

47. I don't share your belief in him, but many do.

[UniteFightBack]

44. AA voters will flock to Mike if need be. They will not flock to Pete nor Amy...it's the only

place to go if Biden is not viable....which I think he is and he should be. I mean it's sad he can't get Democratic support...it's sad that a NON DEMOCRAT who SMASHES and BURNS the party has more support than Joe Biden...I think that says a lot and it ain't good - I have to leave it there.

[bluewater]

28. um, If you are pushing Bloomberg, why is your preferred candidate still Biden?

Serious question.

Bloomberg is an available option in the preferred candidate choices.

[Demsrule86]

33. Boomberg is a second or third choice for most of us...he is my choice if it is between

him and Sanders as I do not believe Sanders can win. Bloomberg is better than Trump...so I guess you could say my next to last choice...Warren is my second choice.

[sprinkleeninow]

35. Yah, still behind Joe, but Mike would be my backup Plan B.

He is able to bust the dump. Trump him and dump him. He got the wherewithal.

This is serious unprecedented. Even if he's not our nominee, he doing serious damage. And I welcome that.

[Bradshaw3]

30. Will he be paying attendees?

He's paying media influencers to create an image of a grass roots campaign:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/mike-bloomberg-is-paying-influencers-to-make-him-seem-cool-9

So it's a legitimate question to ask if his money is also going to astro turfing rallies.

[Omen78]

31. Voting for a Republican Oligarch

Scares me... We can't find a democrat that can beat Trump?

[Renew Deal]

38. For some reason I thought of Mike Gravel when I saw Mike Mike Mike

[Wounded Bear]

41. Not ready to go full on Bloomer yet...