1. Billionaire Bloomberg Enters Crowded Presidential Area,
Warren Trolls Him While Reactions Roll In
WASHINGTON — Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, is
opening the door to a 2020 Democratic presidential marketing campaign, signaling his
dissatisfaction with the present crop of candidates vying to take on President Donald Trump.
Trump identified, as a fellow New Yorker, that he's known Bloomberg for years. Bloomberg
instructed Radio Iowa in December 2018 that he would surrender his massive wealth if he
wins a presidential marketing campaign The former Republican registered himself as a
Democrat ahead of the midterm elections in 2018.
Bloomberg known as a lot of prominent Democrats on Thursday to inform them he was
significantly considering the race, including former Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, according
to The New York Times. Ms Warren welcomed Mr Bloomberg to the race on Twitter, linking
to her personal marketing campaign website and suggesting the previous mayor take a look
for potential coverage plans.
The Democratic subject, now numbering 17 candidates, has coalesced into four high
contenders in response to latest polls: U.S. Who won the midterm election 2018 and Bernie
Sanders, who characterize the celebration's progressive wing, and former Vice President Joe
Biden and Mayor Pete Buttiieg, of South Bend, Indiana, representing the extra moderate
wing.
Steyer comes from the same monetary circles as Bloomberg, is animated by the identical
climate and gun concerns, and is busily spending the identical prodigious quantities of self-
funded money (both Steyer and Bloomberg, when he was contemplating a campaign earlier
this yr, floated a $one hundred million finances, and Steyer spent $12 million on
advertisements within the first six weeks ) on adverts within the early main states.
Bloomberg, seventy seven, a former Republican and the three-time period mayor of New
York City, has been an outspoken critic of some of the Democratic candidates' far-left
agendas, and wields monetary assets no one else within the race can match. If he enters the
race, Mr Bloomberg will face intense scrutiny of his three-time period mayoral report in New
York.
Bloomberg, a Republican-turned-unbiased who registered as a Democrat last 12
months, has flirted with a presidential run before but ultimately backed down, including in
2016. Bloomberg's New York: Class and Governance within the Luxury City ( College of
Georgia Press ; 2010) 344 pages.
Bloomberg served as mayor of New York for 12 years and is considered a protracted stint.
Alabama has a deadline on Friday for primary candidates to register. Bloomberg has
switched between the Republican and Democratic events through the years and also served
as an independent mayor.