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Amy Klobuchar trashes Bloomberg for suggesting 2020 Dems aren't good enough [View all]
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/10/klobuchar-trashes-bloomberg-2020-democrats-068727Sen. Amy Klobuchar torched former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg over his political calculus in potentially jumping into the 2020 race, ripping the multi-billionaire for thinking he could “waltz in” in the thick of the campaign and declare the rest of the field insufficient.
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But Klobuchar, one of several candidates in the crowded moderate lane of the race that Bloomberg would also occupy, asserted that being displeased with the current crop of contenders was not a good enough reason on its own to join the fray.
“I certainly welcome Mayor Bloomberg to the race. He's done incredible work on gun safety, on environmental issues. And it is work of merit,” Klobuchar said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “But I don't think you just waltz in and say, instead of ‘I'm good enough to be president,’ your argument is the other people aren't good enough — that is not how we've been conducting these debates.”
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Klobuchar categorically rejected Bloomberg’s political calculus Sunday, declaring that the mayor’s analysis of the race was “ very incorrect.”
She also joined the chorus of her fellow Democratic rivals who have suggested that Bloomberg, by being able to sink his personal fortune into the race and not be dependent on donations in the way his rivals are, would essentially be buying himself an election. Those accusations have hounded Tom Steyer, also a billionaire, in the race.
As evidence, she pointed to the parallels between Bloomberg’s potential candidacy and Trump’s 2016 campaign. Trump self-funded much of his primary run.
“When people look at the White House and see this multi-millionaire, — including, by the way, independents and moderate Republicans — and now he's messing up so many things, I don't think they say, ‘Oh, we need someone richer,’” Klobuchar contended. “I think you have to earn votes and not buy them.”
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But Klobuchar, one of several candidates in the crowded moderate lane of the race that Bloomberg would also occupy, asserted that being displeased with the current crop of contenders was not a good enough reason on its own to join the fray.
“I certainly welcome Mayor Bloomberg to the race. He's done incredible work on gun safety, on environmental issues. And it is work of merit,” Klobuchar said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “But I don't think you just waltz in and say, instead of ‘I'm good enough to be president,’ your argument is the other people aren't good enough — that is not how we've been conducting these debates.”
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Klobuchar categorically rejected Bloomberg’s political calculus Sunday, declaring that the mayor’s analysis of the race was “ very incorrect.”
She also joined the chorus of her fellow Democratic rivals who have suggested that Bloomberg, by being able to sink his personal fortune into the race and not be dependent on donations in the way his rivals are, would essentially be buying himself an election. Those accusations have hounded Tom Steyer, also a billionaire, in the race.
As evidence, she pointed to the parallels between Bloomberg’s potential candidacy and Trump’s 2016 campaign. Trump self-funded much of his primary run.
“When people look at the White House and see this multi-millionaire, — including, by the way, independents and moderate Republicans — and now he's messing up so many things, I don't think they say, ‘Oh, we need someone richer,’” Klobuchar contended. “I think you have to earn votes and not buy them.”
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Btw, she said this before the news from Axios that sources close to Bloomberg said this was a trial balloon and he might not run.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287342094
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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