Democrats are divided over which candidate is best suited to take on Donald Trump in the upcoming election. They can’t seem to decide, or coalesce around, who is the most electable.
Here’s a good way to pick Trump’s challenger … choose the one most unlike Trump. Select the candidate who is closest to the polar opposite of the man currently occupying the White House.
So, is it the progressive firebrand Bernie Sanders? Or the equally progressive Elizabeth Warren? Is it Andrew Yang?
No, it’s none of the above.
The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate closest to being the anti-Trump is Mike Bloomberg.
Okay, okay, hear me out.
Unlike Trump, Bloomberg is a real billionaire. He will get under the skin of our fake billionaire “president” like no other. The man who Forbes estimates is worth $62 billion has promised to spend “whatever it takes,” of his own money, to defeat Trump. So, what’s a billion or two to Mike? And you can almost hear this line coming from Bloomberg’s mouth, “A real billionaire has no problem releasing his tax returns. What are you so afraid of, Donald. What are you hiding?”
Bloomberg is a Republican-turned-Democrat. He is the opposite of the former Democrat, Trump, turned Republican. This could be very appealing to Republicans who might want to follow Bloomberg’s lead.
Bloomberg has actual experience running a large organization. While many New Yorkers were calling Trump an obnoxious buffoon, all New Yorkers were calling Bloomberg, Mayor.
Bloomberg is Jewish. He is well suited to put our racist, white supremacist president in his place. Bloomberg could put Florida into play like no other.
Bloomberg wants to raise taxes on the rich. He has proposed a $5 trillion-dollar tax increase to pay for what Democrats want most … expanded health care, improvement of the nation’s infrastructure, more affordable housing and investments in clean energy. Other Democratic candidates also want to increase taxes on the wealthy but only Bloomberg can go there without being labeled a “socialist” engaged in “class warfare.”
Yes, it’s a longshot for the man who got into the race too late to compete in the early states of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina but, if the race remains divided, and we have a brokered convention, who knows?
And sure, Bloomberg is running an unconventional race … but so did the candidate who succeeded the last time around!
Don’t get me wrong, I am not necessarily endorsing Bloomberg but I do know that desperate times often call for desperate measures. These are desperate times for Democrats … and the nation.
So, as unlikely as his nomination may seem, I’m just saying Democrats might want to refocus some of that attention away from Mayor Pete to that other mayor, Mayor Mike.
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Bloomberg/Warren … Bloomberg/Klobucher … Bloomberg/Harris? Interesting to me!
Me too!
Bloomberg/Klououcher
Bloomberg/Abrams
Bloomberg/Pete
Bloomberg/Castro
Bloomberg/Harris would be a good way to get the women and African American vote.
Michael Bloomberg does have a proven track record. In addition, according to *The Wall Street Journal*, he signed the “Giving Pledge.” According to Wikipedia, he’s already given away $8.2 billion.
I disagree with him on issues involving terrorism and privacy, but then I disagree more on those issues with the incumbent.
And you may well be right about the “Republican turned Democrat” aspect being an appeal. The state of Texas, for example, was strongly Democrat for a long time until they switched over to Republican–after which no Democrat was elected to a statewide office for about 20 years (I’m too lazy to look up the records to get the exact number of years). However, right now Texans are beginning to become increasingly dissatisfied with the Republican Party, and are starting to switch over.
Personally, I believe the issue of Donald Trump is not a Republican or Democrat issue, it’s an American issue. By extension, it’s a world issue. I am not a big fan of any political party, and have switched registration around depending upon which primary I wanted to vote in. In my opinion, several political parties have produced great presidents.
But right now, I believe the Republican Party, in support of Donald Trump (except for Mitt Romney), is a disaster. They’ve already lost control of the House of Representatives; hopefully losing control of the Senate and the Federal Branch will force them to return to their values. Either that or another party can replace them as they replaced the Whigs.
Bloomberg polling in second place in Florida behind Biden. Plus he beats Trump in nearly all head-to-head matchups
I think yu meant Abrams not Warren
No. I prefer Harris