Bloomberg misfires on impeachment aftermath

[stopbush]

I just saw a clip on MSNBC where Bloomberg says he’s worried that impeaching tRump might help tRump get reelected.

Strange to hear from a candidate whose TV ads tout a politician who takes on the tough issues and wins the battles against the big corporations, the NRA etc. In other words, a guy who does the hard things.

So what is it, Mike?

[brush]

1. And having an (I) for impeached in front of his name mentioned...

over and over at every turn just might turn off voters too and lead to a Dem victory. No one knows as we've never had an impeached president running for re-election.

Bloomberg should be playing up the negative fact that is, trump is impeached, instead of saying it helps trump.

IMO it'll hurt him with more voters than it helps him.

[TwilightZone]

3. He didn't say it helps Trump.

He said he's worried that it might help Trump. They're not the same thing.

There was always a risk that impeachment and acquittal would help Trump and/or increase GOP turnout. We understood that going in. Right now, no one can say with any certainty what impact it will have. We should probably all be worried that it might help Trump and plan accordingly.

[brush]

6. Please! "It might help trump." is putting the thought out there...

that impeachment can help him. We have an obvious advantage with trump being impeached and all our candidates should run with the fact that he is being held to account for asking foreign countries to meddle in our election.

It's a no-brainer and if a candidate doesn't grasp that, she/he doesn't need to be running.

[TwilightZone]

2. He could be right. We don't know. To quote Dan Rather...

"If anyone tells you with certainty what impeachment means for the 2020 election, I would politely nod and ask them to pass the beer."

Link to tweet

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Well,then he sould try and control

his programming messaging. The last two hours have been bashing Pelosi and Dem Congressman and doing False Equivalences.

[TidalWave46]

5. One does not negate the other.

In one instance you are highlighting a battle. The other you are highlighting public perception.

I don't know why the pro's and con's of impeaching Trump are so offensive to some. It's an extremely important discussion to have in order to develop messaging. It's not a way to hedge from doing the right thing, on its own.

[NurseJackie]

7. It sounds like something that Michael Moore would say.

[Cha]

9. Don't be a worrywart, Bloomberg.