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Former Mayor Mike Bloomberg hasn't yet announced a run for president, but he's already spending tens of millions of dollars on television campaign ads that will begin airing next week in states around the country.
One ad tracking agency put the figure around $31 million, which sets a record for the largest weekly ad purchase by a candidate.
Bloomberg aides didn't comment on the ad buy Friday. The 60-second ads are set to begin running Monday in more than 30 states around the country, including New York, California, Florida, and Texas.
The purchase dwarfs what other candidates have spent on television ads and dwarfs what some candidates have raised during the entire primary season. California Sen. Kamala Harris, for example, has raised $36 million over her entire campaign, which started earlier in the year. Bill de Blasio, Bloomberg's successor at City Hall? He raised just $1.4 million in his short-lived run for president.
One potential Democratic primary rival hit back Friday.
"I'm disgusted by the idea that Michael Bloomberg or any billionaire thinks they can circumvent the political process and spend tens of millions of dollars to buy elections," Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders tweeted. "If you can't build grassroots support for your candidacy, you have no business running for president."
He's going to continue to erase all WW2 gains and the chinese will outsmart him.
art of the deal
Opinion:
Bloomberg 3 tenures in New York City has destroyed affordable housing.
He is behind the push we all come to understand as gentrification. His
focus is on big development and the heck with the working class. He
was fantastic at keeping the crime levels down the Giuliani initiated but
was the grim reaper to single and multi family home owners as their property
taxes skyrocketed in his 12 years in office.This increase was passed onto
the renters. Don't be fooled. His apology for Stop and Frisk is just a cover
for marketing while destroying the middle class and lining his golden pockets
in the process.If you walk away from this post please remember one thing. The only problem with the rich is it's never enough.
If you hard working folks want to be driven out of New York State
put a check next to his name on the ballot card.
Nuff said............
Opinion:
Bloomberg 3 tenures in New York City has destroyed affordable housing.
He is behind the push we all come to understand as gentrification. His
focus is on big development and the heck with the working class. He
was fantastic at keeping the crime levels down the Giuliani initiated but
was the grim reaper to single and multi family home owners as their property
taxes skyrocketed in his 12 years in office.This increase was passed onto
the renters. Don't be fooled. His apology for Stop and Frisk is just a cover
for marketing while destroying the middle class and lining his golden pockets
in the process.If you walk away from this post please remember one thing. The only problem with the rich is it's never enough.
If you hard working folks want to be driven out of New York State
put a check next to his name on the ballot card.
Nuff said............
hm...I was fine with his first 2 tenures. He was nanny statish on the 3rd and probably should have supported someone else.
My property taxes skyrocketed with deblasio and I see no improvements with the city. No subway expansions or infrastructure improvements, lower quality of life, more homelessness, and cops do not respect debalsio.
Opinion:
Bloomberg 3 tenures in New York City has destroyed affordable housing.
He is behind the push we all come to understand as gentrification. His
focus is on big development and the heck with the working class. He
was fantastic at keeping the crime levels down the Giuliani initiated but
was the grim reaper to single and multi family home owners as their property
taxes skyrocketed in his 12 years in office.This increase was passed onto
the renters. Don't be fooled. His apology for Stop and Frisk is just a cover
for marketing while destroying the middle class and lining his golden pockets
in the process.If you walk away from this post please remember one thing. The only problem with the rich is it's never enough.
If you hard working folks want to be driven out of New York State
put a check next to his name on the ballot card.
Nuff said............
Bloomberg made midtown, downtown, billyburg suitable for his kinds/friends/relatives' associates children once they graduate college.
Crime dropped all over country. Culture changed, plus less poor folk in the city anyways under Bloomberg tenure.
I'm in Philly this week and just saw the ad during the news.
An announcer claims Bloomberg brought NYC "back from the ashes" after 911, created jobs and low income housing. Served 3 terms as mayor and is against guns because of school shootings. Seems to be his introduction to the people outside NYC who probably never heard of him.
"Back from the ashes" seems extreme as if the whole city was destroyed. I don't recall many new jobs under Bloomberg. I know there was a hiring freeze for city jobs then. True, he rezoned and helped his builder friends build whatever they wanted. Including moving most of DOH to a new Tish bldg in LIC instead of keeping it in and around Worth St where it belongs.
There was also an ad from Steyer. Another very wealthy man running for president with no chance to win.
It's going to be a long year until the election next November.
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