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Bloomberg gets lukewarm response from Democrats as he seeks new role in campaign to oust Trump

It took Michael R. Bloomberg just over 100 days to spend $1 billion on a Democratic presidential campaign that yielded little more than a token victory in American Samoa.

Three months after his campaign's collapse, the former New York mayor is now playing a lower-profile - but still crucial - role in the party's drive to oust President Donald Trump in November.

Bloomberg, the party's top donor for the 2020 elections, plans to spend heavily this summer and fall on anti-Trump advertising in presidential battleground states to support Joe Biden's candidacy, according to a senior adviser. He also expects to

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