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Joe BidenCongratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
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guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
1. It can be difficult to re-write a well documented past. eom
Thu Feb 13, 2020, 03:17 PM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

emmaverybo

(8,144 posts)
2. Fear of a second Trump term has made racism palatable. Bloomberg apologists argue that
Thu Feb 13, 2020, 03:20 PM
Feb 2020

his racist policy was not nearly as bad as Trump’s at the Southern border. Bloomberg is not “as bad” a racist as Trump. Anyway Bloomberg's racist beliefs and actions belong to the past.

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BootinUp

(46,924 posts)
5. He has other undesirable characteristics too
Thu Feb 13, 2020, 04:22 PM
Feb 2020

But yeah, I hope we choose wiser than to nominate Bloomberg.

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SWBTATTReg

(21,859 posts)
3. Bloomberg didn't start the red lining process. Banks and Insurance Companies did.
Thu Feb 13, 2020, 03:25 PM
Feb 2020

Also, other cities were thinking of fingerprinting residents of public housing units to ramp down crime and ensure that those who rented the units, were in fact the actual residents that should be there. They were also attempting to tamp down drug trafficking too. Some of the requests to address these issues came from the very residents of the public housing units too (in STLMO they did). Residents were too scared to go outside after dark.

In STLMO they didn't end up doing this (fingerprinting) but I don't know about NYC. Being that public housing was the federal government's responsibility, I suspect that it didn't go either in NYC (fingerprinting). The big overall fix that they did was to shut down the multistoried public housing units (10 stories or more) and build instead, more nicer, 2 story public housing units, w/ much nicer yards and more spread out, like it should be. A much better scenario for the residents.

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PatSeg

(46,803 posts)
4. That's brutal
Thu Feb 13, 2020, 03:26 PM
Feb 2020

There are some things in one's past that can't be escaped and this was recent past.

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thesquanderer

(11,954 posts)
6. Shocking: Someone elected as a Republican acts and thinks like a Republican.
Thu Feb 13, 2020, 04:28 PM
Feb 2020

Okay, a moderate one, as Republicans go. But when someone can go back and forth between parties out of convenience rather than out of changes in political convictions, what do you expect?

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Devil Child

(2,728 posts)
7. Thank you for the post pfeiffer!
Thu Feb 13, 2020, 04:32 PM
Feb 2020

The primary is better served with anyone but Bloomberg.

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lunasun

(21,646 posts)
8. This also needs to be addressed if he is to run for POTUS
Thu Feb 13, 2020, 05:04 PM
Feb 2020
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michael-bloomberg-muslim-surveillance-nypd_n_5df40e1de4b03aed50ee4685

The NYPD program, exposed by the Associated Press’ Pulitzer Prize-winning series in 2011, confirmed many Muslims’ worst fears and left permanent damage between the Muslim community and law enforcement, even after it ended in 2014.

Then-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg approved and oversaw the program, saying it is what he “expected” the NYPD to do. He staunchly defended the surveillance when it was exposed and widely condemned.

Many are not only skeptical of Bloomberg as a candidate but also fear the possibility that his rise could lead to more policies that target Muslims at the national level. They point to the fact that Donald Trump praised the NYPD program as a presidential candidate, then took office and signed into law a travel ban that targets several Muslim-majority countries.

Similar to stop and frisk practices, experts say NYPD surveillance of Muslims caused severe damage between law enforcement and the community. And for little benefit ― the NYPD has even confessed that the questionable program did not produce a single lead to any terrorist plot.

And

On top of all the questionable past, I really dislike what he has done to Biden’s and all candidates poll numbers by parachuting in on the primary all just to save the country from Warren / Sanders

He has every right to run late and cherry pick which states he sees for delegate wins but it does sort of interfere with our traditional primary process and participation that was just starting to go to vote imo and would have lead to a nominee undisrupted
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squirecam

(2,706 posts)
9. Should be asked at the debate
Thu Feb 13, 2020, 06:34 PM
Feb 2020

Nt

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