"Bloomberg spent $1Billion
of his oligarch $60 Billion money on his short-lived campaign for the presidency in 2020 "
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/22/mike-bloomberg-democrats-nominee
"he had already emerged as a key donor to Joe Biden’s re-election bid before he withdrew this weekend."
He wants a refund, Biden's Chief Procrastinator.
Mike Bloomberg urges Democrats not to ‘rush’ presidential pick
Bill De Blasio?
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In 2024, Bloomberg received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden.
He has served as chair of the Defense Innovation Board, an independent advisory board that provides
recommendations
on artificial intelligence, software, data and digital modernization to the United States Department of Defense, since June 2022.
Bloomberg joined Rudy Giuliani, John Lindsay, and Fiorello La Guardia as re-elected Republican mayors in the mostly Democratic city.
Bloomberg's administration oversaw a controversial program that surveilled Muslim communities
on the basis of their religion,
ethnicity, and language.
The program was discontinued in 2014
'In 2001, New York's Republican mayor Rudy Giuliani, was ineligible for re-election due to the city's limit of two consecutive terms. Bloomberg, who had been a lifelong member of the Democratic Party, decided to run for mayor on the Republican ticket.
Voting in the primary began on the morning of September 11, 2001"
When Bloomberg participated in his first presidential debate, Elizabeth Warren challenged him to release women from non-disclosure agreements relating to their allegations of sexual harassment at Bloomberg L.P.
Two days later, Bloomberg announced that there were three women who had made complaints concerning him, and added that he would release any of the three if they request him to do so.
Warren continued her attack in the second debate the next week. Others criticized Bloomberg for his wealth and campaign spending, as well as his former affiliation with the Republican Party.
His support in nationwide opinion polls never exceeded 15 percent but stagnated or dropped before Super Tuesday,
while former vice president Joe Biden had become the frontrunner after receiving the support of major candidates Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar shortly before Super Tuesday.
Bloomberg suspended his campaign on March 4, 2020, after a disappointing Super Tuesday in which he won only American Samoa"
"the 2019 Forbes list of the world's billionaires, he was the ninth-richest person; his net worth was estimated at $55.5 billion.
Currently, Bloomberg's net worth is estimated at $106 billion, ranking him 12th on Forbes' list of billionaires."
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"Billionaire Mike Bloomberg, the Democratic mega-donor and former presidential candidate, urged the party against
picking a nominee “right away”
as more senior figures
coalesce around Kamala Harris."
Misogynist, The Convention in Chicago "picks" the nominee
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"According to an Associated Press tally, Harris had 2,668 delegates, well beyond the simple majority of 1,976 needed to clinch the nomination on the first ballot.
The survey is unofficial, the AP said, as Democratic delegates are free to vote for the candidate of their choice when the party formally chooses its candidate. "
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