Biden on Bloomberg: 'I don't think you can buy an election'

[bluewater]

Former Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday he is eager to debate Michael Bloomberg, noting he doesn't think the former New York City mayor can "buy an election."

As he tries to resuscitate a campaign that faltered in the first two states to vote in the Democratic primary, Biden has turned his attention to Bloomberg -- who is surging with African American voters who make up the former vice president's base of support -- in the most direct way yet.

"I'm going to get a chance to debate him on everything from redlining to stop and frisk to a whole range of other things," Biden said on ABC's "The View."

Asked what he thought about audio that became public this week of Bloomberg defending stop-and-frisk policing, Biden paused and laughed.

"I'm laughing because it's amazing how every single thing I've said for the last 40 years has come up and I've answered them all. We're just now getting into the place where we're looking at other people's records," he said.
Biden's comments come at the end of a week in which reports about Bloomberg's previous comments and positions on housing and policing policies have come under scrutiny.

Bloomberg said at the height of the housing crisis, at a Georgetown University forum in 2008, that getting rid of "redlining," the discriminatory housing practice that stopped banks from providing mortgages in low-income, largely minority neighborhoods, was to blame for the collapse.

Well, I sincerely hope that Joe is right.

[Loki Liesmith]

1. Joe is being naive.

[aeromanKC]

3. Every campaign tries to buy the election

Some by mass $25 contributions and others by self-funding and still others from political PACs and corporations. Unfortunately in today's political environment it takes money to win. And never has winning been more important for America's future. And never forget, the enemy is Trump.

[bluewater]

4. But not at Bloomberg's BILLION dollar price point

[aeromanKC]

5. Nice to have that arrow in the quiver

[bluewater]

6. Many Voters critical of Bloomberg's Stop and Frisk policy disagree:

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[aeromanKC]

8. Unlike Trump, Bloomberg apologizes for his past mistakes

This election is about 2020 and beating Trump. Bloomberg has been re-elected twice from a diverse electorate.

[bluewater]

10. This is the 2020 Democratic Primary. Bloomberg's belated Apologies are not enough.

It's about choosing the best DEMOCRATIC nominee we can.

Bloomberg was elected running as a Republican in those races.

Honestly, his sexism and racial baggage will prevent him from being our Democratic nominee.

Bloomberg's sexist remarks fostered company culture that degraded women, lawsuits allege

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bloombergs-sexist-remarks-fostered-company-culture-degraded-women/story?id=67744180

Bloomberg’s Apology for ‘Stop and Frisk’ Isn’t Enough
Readers say his regret is welcome but too little too late

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/18/opinion/letters/bloomberg-policing.html

Thanks for the discussion.

[Polybius]

14. Only because he's running for president

He defended it as recent as 2016.

[loyalsister]

13. Thanks for keeping this front and center

The damage from that policy cannot be overstated.

[jmg257]

7. Unfortunately, I tend to think you can. SO far it seems to be working out. nt

[Zeus69]

9. Again...

Buying exposure.
Not votes.
Don’t like Bloomberg, don’t vote for him.

[bluewater]

11. Again... we all know how money impacts political races.

[Duckerington]

12. Well about that

Well that's not true as Trump proved you can