Sam Donaldson Makes Rare Democratic 2020 Presidential Endorsement

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“We may lose the things that have made this country the best place to live in the world,” warned the veteran ABC news anchor.

Sam Donaldson is all in for Michael Bloomberg. The veteran ABC news anchor on Friday endorsed the billionaire media mogul’s run for president, telling CNN’s Anderson Cooper he believed Bloomberg was the “best-suited” Democratic candidate to take on Donald Trump in November.

Donaldson acknowledged how, as a working reporter in Washington for 52 years, he’d never given money to candidates or registered for a political party. But times had changed and he now felt compelled to act because “we are in the grip” of a “sick, ignorant man,” Donaldson explained.

“He’s mean, he’s corrupt and if we don’t get this right, we may lose the things that have made this country the best place to live in the world and that shining city on the hill that Ronald Reagan used to talk about which was the envy of the world,” he added.

Donaldson later dismissed concerns that Bloomberg was attempting to buy the presidency, saying he wouldn’t be “beholden to anyone” because he’s putting his own money in, and played down the anger over the stop-and-frisk policing strategy that was used during Bloomberg’s time as New York mayor.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sam-donaldson-donald-trump-2020-candidate_n_5e47a692c5b64433c616bbdc?ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067

[stopbush]

1. Mike is gaining steam.

[FarPoint]

3. I agree...

I believe he can confront tRump...We need to know more about him but... I'll vote for him ...

[TalenaGor]

2. okay with the idea that someone is wealthy therefore they aren't beholden to anyone

Is exactly what we heard during Trump's campaign....

The part we forget is people are billionaires because they have a sickness of hoarding money....

[patricia92243]

6. You have got to be kidding. Hoarding his billions is the LAST

thing in the world that Bloomberg can be accused of.

Google is your friend.

[Butterflylady]

4. I'll second that!!!!!!

[loyalsister]

5. "we are in the grip" of a "sick, ignorant man," Donaldson explained

I don't see how someone with a comparable history who is willing to post their own childish tweets is understood to be superior. These are depressing times.

[GemDigger]

7. I disagree with Bloomberg not "beholden to anyone" comment.

He will be to all the people that he has donated to over the years and they now in turn are endorsing him. At this point those endorsements are worth bank.

[tiredtoo]

8. Say it ain't so

Another rich dude from New York in the White House. This guy is a DINO and should be running in the Republican primary!

[Zeus69]

9. The betting odds are changing rapidly

FWIW

As Biden collapse shows, these things can/will change quickly and often.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/elections/betting_odds/democratic_2020_nomination/

[subterranean]

10. Obama has better odds than Gabbard and Steyer!

And she's not even running!

I guess some people are betting on a brokered convention.