Bloomberg Would Close Offices If Sanders Rejects His Help

[RandySF]

ike Bloomberg told the Houston Chronicle he would shutter his presidential campaign operation if Bernie Sanders won the nomination and rejected his support, as an aide to the frontrunner pledged to do earlier this week.

Said Bloomberg: “What do you mean, I’m going to send a check to somebody and they’re not going to cash the check? I think I wouldn’t bother to send the check.”



https://politicalwire.com/2020/02/27/bloomberg-would-close-offices-if-sanders-rejected-his-help/

[honest.abe]

1. Sanders would be making a huge mistake rejecting Bloomberg.

[BlueTillIDie]

2. and sanders has gained another point in my book

for sticking to his principles.

[honest.abe]

3. He has gained a point in Trump's book also.

[democrattotheend]

20. I have mixed feelings

Part of me says he'd be crazy not to accept the help, but part of me would be disappointed if he did.

[Cha]

29. right.

[stlsaxman]

4. Keep your blood money, Mike. nt

[BusyBeingBest]

5. What blood money?

[stlsaxman]

11. excuse me... keep your money, Mike.

better?

[Dream Girl]

6. Ffs purity tests are not needed now

[Mme. Defarge]

12. For some they are.

And I have deep fears that Sanders will go rogue and run a third party challenge if the nomination is left to superdelegates and he isn’t the Democratic nominee.

[brush]

18. The dumbest thing ever. The object is to get trump out. It takes more thcn your $27 donation.

Millionaire Sanders is too pure to take billionaire money?

I remember when Sanders used to constantly rail against millionaires and billionaires, now that he's a millionaire he's suddenly only against billionaires.

What's up with that?

Is that just a whiff of hypocrisy, or a full, two-nostril blast?

[Fresh_Start]

19. talking about blood money, Castro sold blood of dissidents to other soviet block

countries when they captured and killed those dissidents. "during the 1960s, the Cuban government extracted most of the blood from the victims before they were shot, then sold it to other communist countries for $50 a pint." https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article118282148.html

[JudyM]

7. Many ways Bberg could help us without donating to Sanders.

Helping the local races in each of those locations, for example, is a no-brainer and would actually probably have as much, if not more, benefit.

[spooky3]

22. I think that's what he will do--help take back the Senate

If he gets the snub from the nominee.

[JudyM]

23. The OP suggests he'll close down, though.

[spooky3]

24. But why would he need to keep his pres campaign ofcs open to help Senate candidates? Nt

The headline is vague but the article refers specifically to Bloomberg’s presidential campaign offices.

[JudyM]

25. To work on the ground, door to door is the most effective way to get out the vote.

[xmas74]

31. He could keep the offices open,

Turning them into Dem hq in each area. It would cut down costs for the party and eliminate time searching for the right building, turning on utilities,etc.

It's just easier to have a turnkey ready instead of starting up after the convention.

[no_hypocrisy]

8. Bernie doesn't do quid pro quo.

Nothing -- I mean nothing -- is unattached and without strings attached.

[redqueen]

9. Petty and spiteful. He could help in other ways but he's choosing to keep this shit going

We see who he is

[msongs]

13. he did not say no funding to democrats who want help, only to ones that reject help nt

[Mike 03]

10. Tragicomic stupidity

I've flipped from thinking maybe he should get the nomination to believing more than ever we have to adhere to the rules and gather around a viable alternative.

Bernie doesn't give a shit about the senate, the house, or anything but himself. Then when he can't implement a single one of his programs he'll shrug and say, "We couldn't do it without the house and the senate." Even though, in truth, he probably couldn't execute his plans even with the house and the senate.

[stlsaxman]

16. I guess you've never heard of Brand New Congress?

These are 2016 Sanders supporters and others inspired by his campaign who have run for offices from school board to state and federal legislators.

https://brandnewcongress.org/Candidates

[xmas74]

32. Is that the Brand New Congress who primaried

People of color in 2018? The same ones who threatened to hold support for a Native American woman who won her primary and grew up in her district because their white guy, who moved to the district 18 months before,lost?

Yeah, not supporting them.

[Autumn]

14. This guys makes no sense. I'm sure all candidates will shutter their presidential operations if

Bernie wins the nomination. Me me me. It's all good Bloomie, keep your money. You will need it.

[BusyBeingBest]

15. His offer to the candidates was to keep offices open for the nominee to use if

I'm not mistaken.

[Autumn]

17. Maybe Bloomie should contrate on Senate races then and move on. Bernie has offices in place and

if he needs another he will have one easily enough.

[ehrnst]

30. how ironic...

[randr]

21. Threatening to refuse help

shows how wrong he can be.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

26. Bernie's SuperPAC, Our Revolution, could accept the help.

That way his followers wouldn't be upset by all that dirty billionaire money and Bernie could pretend he wasn't getting Bloomberg's help.

[thesquanderer]

27. re:"I wouldn't bother to send the check." Biggest check Bernie could decide to cash or not is $2800.

After that, it would have to be spending that would not be coordinated with the campaign.

[evertonfc]

28. dumb move

Sanders would be 700 million behind the eight ball if nominated..Why wouldn't he accept help? crazy.