Bloomberg Vowed To Spend Whatever It Takes To Beat Trump. Dems Are Still Waiting
Bloomberg has already spent well over $350 million for Democrats this cycle, according to his team. Some Democrats say he could be doing more.
by Mara Liasson
Jul 29, 2020
3 minutes
When a billionaire with a history of investing generously and strategically in campaigns promised to spend whatever it takes to defeat President Trump, it made Democrats sit up and take notice.
And how did they interpret that pledge from former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg?
"It meant spending about a billion dollars," said Jim Messina, who ran President Obama's 2012 reelection campaign. "It meant making sure that Donald Trump did not have the typical incumbent advantage on finance, and it meant helping us catch up in a couple places where Trump was well ahead of us, which
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