Bloomberg Vowed To Spend Whatever It Takes To Beat Trump. Dems Are Still Waiting

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Mike Bloomberg, seen here speaking to supporters and staff in March in New York City, spent $1 billion of his own fortune to run for president but exited the race early on.





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«I am the person he looked in the eye and said what he was going to do, said Rep. Darren Jackson. «I am the person that endorsed him. And I have been the person that reached out to his campaign leadership.

Jackson said he doesn’t know what Bloomberg’s intentions are in North Carolina, but he adds, «I certainly hoped for help with the House caucus. We have such a once-in-a-decade opportunity. We need his help to take advantage of that. In whatever form he chooses.

In Georgia, Howard Franklin has similar expectations. He was a senior advisor in the state to Bloomberg’s presidential campaign, and he is optimistic that Bloomberg will fulfill his pledge.

«I think he did set the bar high, Franklin said.

To make Georgia truly competitive Franklin says, Bloomberg should make an eight-figure investment .

Georgia is another state with a lot at stake, as a longtime GOP stronghold that appears close at the presidential level, along with two Senate races due to a special election, and competitive House races in the Atlanta suburbs. It’s also felt the brunt of the two major crises of the year, the pandemic and unrest over racial justice.

There’s a lot to invest in for Democrats to make the most of their opportunities in the state, according to Franklin: «I think eight figures gets you on the television in the media markets you care about. I think it puts boots on the ground. I think it gets you telephones and social media. And you know, again, with everything the country is going through and the attention that the city of Atlanta, in particular, has gotten, I just think that there isn’t a better place to make the case for a more socially just and equitable approach to policing.

Bloomberg is getting pitches like that all day, every day.

Although there’s no evidence yet that he is spending all that he promised, that doesn’t mean Bloomberg can’t or won’t in the remaining days of the campaign, now fewer than 100.

Bloomberg has a history of coming in late and spending big. In 2018, he was the single biggest Democratic investor in House races, and the donations he made in September helped flip 21 red districts blue, out of 24 he invested in.

The remaining investments are «still being determined and decided and figured out according to Nutter: «I mean, this is politics. You don’t just kind of throw the money out the window and hope it lands in the right places. Mike makes strategic investments to change outcomes using data and evidence.

In the next month or so, Bloomberg’s team says it will be clear how much and where he has decided to invest, and then Democrats can decide for themselves if they think he’s spending whatever it takes.