Bloomberg committed to spend $100 million just in Texas at meeting of State Party

[Gothmog]

There was a meeting of the State District Executive Committee for the Texas Democratic Party this weekend. Here is some interesting news https://juanitajean.com/texas-stuff-2/

I am in Austin this week and will spend tomorrow with Glen on the last day of filing.

I have news. Yesterday at the SDEC meeting in Plano, Michael Bloomberg came to speak and committed to spending $100 million in Texas if he is the nominee. To my mind, if his goal is to beat Donald Trump, he should commit to spend $100 million in Texas even if he’s not the nominee.

Now, the good news: Texas Democrats, for the first time in a long damn time, have someone running in every congressional seat. We even have people running against incumbents, which is fine with me.

I’ll be updating this all day tomorrow.

[madaboutharry]

1. I don't like Bloomberg.

I resent that he is trying to buy the nomination rather than earning it.

[sheshe2]

2. +1

[Salviati]

3. +100 million

[sheshe2]

4. Lol.

Yep. That too.

[brooklynite]

7. How do you EARN the nomination without spending money?

[Amishman]

10. The same way respect is earned and not bought

With whit, charm, and good ideas.

[brooklynite]

11. So, gun control, climate action, progressive taxation and reproductive rights are bad ideas?

As for wit and charm, that's a subjective judgement, but I would say most of the Presidential candidates don't meet that threshold.

[Amishman]

14. Those are broad categories, with each there are both viable and impossible specific ideas

Gun control could be anything from better background checks (very possible) to a total ban on firearms (impossible with our current politics and society).

Same for progressive taxation. Undoing the Trump cuts for the rich is very doable, a mild wealth tax on the ultra rich is harder but might be possible, and something like confiscation of all assets over $1 billion isn't viable.

[jrthin]

8. +1

[evertonfc]

5. Mike has already

spent use to that the last few years in VA taking on NRA and voter registration projects elsewhere. He has already said he would spend hundreds of millions to defeat Trump. FYI- you don't buy elections. People vote not cash.

[mucifer]

6. I wish it was that simple

[Doodley]

9. He's putting his money where his mouth is. I applaud him for that.

[redqueen]

12. So he's not donating it now, only if he's the nominee.

He's using THE PROMISE of his money to buy support.

This is utterly shameless.

And gee I wonder why he picked Texas for this kind of stunt.

[Joe941]

13. Coming in late and throwing money around wont buy the election.

It's really a trump-like thing to do.