Welcome to prime time, Michael Bloomberg.
The former New York City mayor qualifying to appear on the 2020 Democratic primary debate stage Wednesday night comes as a number of past controversies come home to roost for the billionaire media mogul.
If the debate moderators ask MB about those,I wonder what theyāll ask Bern about his ācontroversiesā?
The idea that a marginally less racist, sexist, obscenely rich white man is the answer to Trump is disgusting. I want to stop him now; I donāt want to have to vote for the literal lesser of two evils in November.
Asking him about those would be rigging the debate!
Bernie was in Tacoma yesterday and a local reporter asked about some of his less than savory supporters. After a blah blah about disapproving of harassment, he claimed that there is no proof his supporters are behind the on-line harassment. I suspect he wonāt fully answer when asked about his support of the Soviet Union, Venezuela, and Castro.
Bloomberg will be amply prepared to discuss these controversies. Whether heāll say things that are satisfactory remains to be seen. The prospect of Trump facing a truly wealthy person is poetic justice, both to Trump and SCOTUS, who said in Citizens United that money isnāt a problem.
He doesnāt take accountability for his supporters or surrogates actions.
āNinety-five percent of
murderswhite-collar crimes fit one MO. You can just take the description, Xerox it, and pass it out to all the cops. They are male,minoritiespink,16ā2550-75. Thatās true in New York. Thatās true in virtually every city. And thatās where the REAL crime is.ā
So true.
He cannot afford to lose them.
I donāt want to have to vote for the literal lesser of two evils in November.
Welcome to American politics.
He goes away if he doesnāt get the support heās banking on with Super Tuesday. This debate will give those voters plenty of time to kick him to the curb, if thatās the answer.
Every Dem that rises, out comes the history, the concerns then itās the next one. I donāt know about anyone else, but at this particular time I canāt imagine which candidate all Dems would vote for so that we donāt get trounced by the criminal in chief.
This long primary season has done us no favors.
Well, in all honesty, who does take accountability for supportersā or surrogatesā actions?
The buck stops at the top. And one question: did Sanders truly support Hilary Clinton, and, if not, does that make him lose votes now?
The debate will be lit and am glad to see the Nevada Independent will be represented. Looking forward to Jon Ralston asking a few questions.
Which one?
https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/1221468426855755776
https://twitter.com/ryanlizza/status/1216442010074255374?lang=en
My, admittedly hot take: those questions and stories, complete with video, about Bernieās controversies, from both the press and the Trump campaign, will show up in premium lots when heās the nominee and will do the most damage to him and the Democratic party.
The real question is whether these hit pieces are coming courtesy of the purity-police from the dems or republican oppo trying to sink him before he makes headway.
Right now, itās the āpurity policeā.
Iām still hoping for a brokered convention that goes past the third vote and a totally different candidate is chosen. Val Demings would be cool.