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By: Jared Evan 

Former New York City Mayor and 2020 presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg has let voters know, he is a progressive dedicated to gun control, climate change and income inequality, a pollster for the former mayor announced on conservative talk radio station AM9970 “The Answer”, and he has seen a small bump in the polls

In two new national polls appearing this week, Bloomberg is experiencing a jump in support. In the huge Morning Consult tracking poll, Bloomberg’s up to 5.3 percent. Last week in the same survey he was at 2.4 percent. Similarly, in the HarrisX/Hill poll, he’s doubled his support from three percent two weeks ago to six percent now, NY Magazine reported.  

The presidential hopeful has blanketed all forms of media, from cable and local television to social media, with millions upon millions of dollars in advertising. 

 “Guns, certainly,” Doug Schoen told host John Catsimatidis on “The Cats Roundtable” on AM 970 New York in an interview that aired Sunday. “He has had great success passing anti-gun violence legislation in the state legislatures.”

 Bloomberg began showing his true colors when it comes to the 2nd amendment after the horrific Sandy Hook shootings. Bloomberg  wasted no time after the shootings to further his case for his gun control ideology.  

Bloomberg and his group “Mayors Against Illegal Guns”/ Every Town  became more vocal  after the Connecticut school massacre.

Bloomberg and other mayors in this group went on MSNBC and others  challenging then President Obama and congress to take action.  He wanted and still desires  a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips and an end to gun-show purchases without background checks. 

Bloomberg’s critics believe what is sold as a “common sense” gun control is often the first step to a total incremental ban. 

Mayors Against Illegal Guns, which Bloomberg started in 2006 with former Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, signed up more than 700 mayors; it lobbies for gun-control legislation, including banning gun sales to people on terrorist watch lists, USA Today reported. 

The same year, Bloomberg organized a sting operation in Southern states against firearms dealers who sold guns to customers who couldn’t pass background checks. 

Bloomberg set up a super PAC, Independence USA, with almost $10 million. The group targeted races in the November 2012 election.

Bloomberg is a Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Climate. A major component of his 2020 presidential run will be on Climate Change. His campaign sounds very similar to most of the other Democrats currently running. 

“Ultimately he needs to tell the story of how he’s created thousands of jobs, and what we need to do as a country to reduce income inequality,” Schoen told 970 AM radio.  “Because while we have very high employment, the gap between the rich and the poor has gotten greater. And I think people really require opportunities that close that gap.”

 

 

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