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Mike Bloomberg Considers Presidential Run in 2020

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Get ready to potentially vote for Michael Bloomberg yet again, New York. This time though, he wouldn’t be running for mayor for a fourth time but would be running at the top of the national Democratic ticket in 2020, The Times of London reported last week.

 

The news isn’t too surprising for anyone who’s followed Bloomberg’s career and more recent public statements. While the businessman and former mayor has floated independent runs for president before, his main goal is to run against and defeat President Donald Trump, The Times of London added. He knows that running as a Democrat is his only chance to have a real shot at winning.

 

“Mike Bloomberg told me he is going to run in 2020,” a source said to The Times of London, adding that Bloomberg “has the money to see it through while other candidates knock themselves out.”

 

Bloomberg raised speculations of him running in 2020 when he signaled last June that he was getting ready to start organizing his campaign.

 

“If I were a [Democratic] strategist and somebody said to me, ‘Who do you want to be the [Democratic] nominee for president of the United States?’ there’s only one name I would choose and his name is Michael Bloomberg,” former Trump adviser Corey Lewandowski said last month, according to New York Magazine.

 

The Jewish Voice reported earlier this summer on Bloomberg’s intentions to throw a lot of money into the midterm elections this fall. Bloomberg’s 2018 plan, which was first reported by The New York Times and confirmed to CNN by his adviser Howard Wolfson, positions him as one of the largest donors to Democrats this cycle.

 

The news gives some relief to Democrats because elections, especially one this important and publicized, cost a lot of money. Even during legislative sessions, congressmembers spend some afternoons making phone calls for donations at the R.N.C. or D.N.C. headquarters, not to mention campaign fundraisers and campaign rallies. Elections require a lot of time and even more money.

 

While Democrats have shown some confidence heading into November, Bloomberg doesn’t want to take any chances and wants to do all he can to help what he thinks is a winning cause.

 

A man that wealthy and power and politically connected can eclipse most of the House Republicans and their allies have been raising money. Bloomberg could be a response to some of the big spenders on the other side of the aisle, like casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, whose $30 million pledge to help House Republicans almost looks small compared to Bloomberg’s pledge.

 

In a statement, Bloomberg said Republicans had “failed” in their control of Congress.

“And so this fall, I’m going to support Democrats in their efforts to win control of the House,”

 

Bloomberg said, changing course by not splitting his donations more or less evenly between the two parties. “To be clear: I have plenty of disagreements with some Democrats, especially those who seek to make this election about impeachment,” Bloomberg added in his statement. “Nothing could be more irresponsible. But I believe that ‘We the People’ cannot afford to elect another Congress that lacks the courage to reach across the aisle and the independence to assert its constitutional authority. And so I will support Democratic candidates who are committed to doing both.”

 

 

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