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Lexblues

(180 posts)
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 05:41 AM Feb 2020

Bloomberg seeks major tech talent for 2020

Mike Bloomberg is not asking Silicon Valley leaders for their money as he ramps up his presidential campaign, but he is asking them for a different kind of precious possession — their employees.

On Monday, Bloomberg’s campaign gathered hundreds of tech leaders on a conference call and asked them to refer their most talented technical colleagues and friends to Bloomberg’s gargantuan election operation in New York. Recode obtained access to the private call and registered for it.

The request made plain Bloomberg’s comfort with — and, in some ways, dependence on — the Silicon Valley companies that have been persistently criticized during the 2020 Democratic primary. Bloomberg’s rivals are going on the offensive against tech industry or downplaying their ties to it. But rather than minimizing his ties to Big Tech, Bloomberg is actively soliciting the industry’s help.

The call came at a time when the Democratic Party is assessing how far behind it is in the digital war it is waging with Republicans following a major technical setback in Iowa. Bloomberg is offering a new path — and is executing an unprecedentedly expensive political advertising campaign.


https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/2/10/21132414/mike-bloomberg-silicon-valley-conference-call


Folks, Bloomberg is going to overwhelm Trump. He won't know what hit him. Bloomberg is going to assemble the most massive presidential operation in American history to bring down Trump once and for all. No other candidate can do this...not even Bernie. Bloomberg is going to spend $2 billion to finish Trump off and we're gonna need every penny of it to counter the dirt coming.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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Bloomberg seeks major tech talent for 2020 (Original Post) Lexblues Feb 2020 OP
Many in Silicon Valley True Blue American Feb 2020 #1
Mini Mike and Obese Trump. True Blue American Feb 2020 #3
maybe he can convince zuck. 5X Feb 2020 #2
Zuck would like nothing better than getting rid of Barr and his henchmen ancianita Feb 2020 #5
Go Bloomberg Nikki28 Feb 2020 #4
Bloomberg has the resources and talent to put together a formidable campaign Kaleva Feb 2020 #6
 

True Blue American

(18,006 posts)
1. Many in Silicon Valley
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 05:45 AM
Feb 2020

Have already signed on with Democrats so that will not be hard to do.

Mike won the Dixville Notch vote with 3 write ins out of 5 votes. He is already up to 15% in National Polls!

I am leaning.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

5X

(3,972 posts)
2. maybe he can convince zuck.
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 05:54 AM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

ancianita

(36,275 posts)
5. Zuck would like nothing better than getting rid of Barr and his henchmen
Reply to 5X (Reply #2)
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 06:57 AM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Nikki28

(557 posts)
4. Go Bloomberg
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 06:22 AM
Feb 2020

This man is in it to save this country from a mad man as he said at the Democratic convention .This is why I am rooting for him because he has the money and looks to be playing the same game with bringing an atomic bomb to Trump Russia gun.I think if he wins, I will have no problem getting behind him and i think many voters will who are serious about getting this Hitler antichrist out of the WH, Go Bloomberg. I think he is qualified and is probably the one who will come from behind the curtain when all is said and done just like Obama. He has the talent, background,money and connections.I agree that no other candidate can do this because of his already sophisticated operation.I am worried already that we will have pardoned Michael Flynn and Paul Mani fort back in action to make sure they rig another election.We are living in the last and evil end I think with this crazy big vengeance cry baby in the WH and we all will pay in the end when it is reveled in truth that Democracy has been over from the time Mitch did what he did on Obama win in 2009. I will vote for anyone who wins ,but right now if Biden ,Pete,Amy,Liz don't win, than Bloomberg will get my vote hands down.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Kaleva

(36,483 posts)
6. Bloomberg has the resources and talent to put together a formidable campaign
Tue Feb 11, 2020, 07:23 AM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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