Bloomberg going for the jugular with his counter punches for 45

[LonePirate]

Link to tweet

Mike Bloomberg @MikeBloomberg

.@realDonaldTrump - we know many of the same people in NY. Behind your back they laugh at you & call you a carnival barking clown. They know you inherited a fortune & squandered it with stupid deals and incompetence.

I have the record & the resources to defeat you. And I will.

[BusyBeingBest]

1. Owie ow. Sliced and diced.

[mainstreetonce]

2. Maybe Mike could buy a tv hour

And have a group chat with men and women who knew Trump in NY
Then have interviews with tenants who were shut out of homes and contractors who never got paid.

[Magoo48]

10. Just because he hates Agent Orange

doesn’t make stop-and-frisk hero, ex republican Mike good for Democrats.

[DemocracyMouse]

31. Thank you for the reminder! Stop-and-Frisk Mike is no Messiah

[slumcamper]

42. If it takes Mike to save America from Trump, I'm all in. n/t

[lastlib]

60. THIS!!!

As Mr. Comey said, we must use every breath we take to defeat tRump. The AnusMouth MUST go down to defeat!!!

[Demsrule86]

67. I will vote for Bloomberg if Biden can't beat Sanders.

I don't care winning is not just important this year...it is beyond important and imperative that we elect a Democrat and save the Republic. Sanders will lose a general so he is not an option as far as I am concerned. Only twice since Nixon has an incumbent president lost-Jimmy Carter when there was much upheaval and we had Americans held hostage (read what Sanders had to say about this as an aside) and George Bush I who had a relatively mild recession. It will be tough to beat Trump and require a great deal of money. Bloomberg has lots of money and that will really help. It is worth voting for Bloomberg for judges if for no other reason. Someone hear said the other day 'that every election is imperative and they can't all be', really someone needs to look at the big picture. Our situation this election is desperate. It really is.

[demigoddess]

73. +1

like the way he is insulting trumf. That show is a good idea.

[oldsoftie]

85. It really is that simple.

[luvtheGWN]

62. He's good for Democrats if he beats tRump.

And since he won't want to have to deal with either a Republican House or Senate, he's prepared to spend his billions (that's in REAL billions) to elect Democrats down the line.

Unfortunately it WILL take many of his billions to do so, but he'll never be destitute, and I'm betting he believes his money will be worth peanuts if tRump is re-elected and becomes the Dictator-in-Chief.

[Demsrule86]

65. He is good for Democrats if he can beat Trump which is what this election must be about...I don't

give a damn about policy this time. Any Democrat including Bloomberg who has helped a great deal of late would be better than Trump-a million time better. I am a Biden supporter but if he can't win the nomination (and I think he can/comeback kid), I will vote Bloomberg in Ohio without hesitation. Sanders will not win a General IMHO.

[Vivienne235729]

86. I am right there w you. I don't care what happened yrs ago. I just wasn't trump gone.

WHATEVER. IT. TAKES. And I don't think Bernie can win the general either.

[Amimnoch]

75. Ya'll keep hatin on Mike. We'll keep hatin' on Trump.

We know where the priorities need to lay. If it makes you feel better to bash our candidates.. have at it.

Ours is a recipe for winning. And winning this one matters.

[IronLionZion]

14. Maybe Mike could buy a whole TV channel, like Fox News

and force them to report actual news and facts, not just opinions and propaganda

[Pepsidog]

51. Mike's response should be I maybe 5'4" but when I stand on my wallet I tower over you.

[cannabis_flower]

88. Mike is actually

5'8"

[Jacoby365]

54. And maybe a town hall type show with every contractor and small business owner

that Trump screwed over by not paying them for their services.

[customerserviceguy]

68. We don't need Bloomie

to tell us that Trump is a bully and a fraud. We need a nominee who has always stood for Democratic principles, and not shifted alliances based on how much good it will do in the short term.

Bloomberg made his fortune selling his tout sheet to gamblers who don't give a rat's ass about your job or your family, as long as they can use his insider information to make a quick buck off of everybody else's back.

[DonaldsRump]

3. Excellent!

It's sad, but this is what passes for effective politics now because of how much this disgusting person in the WH has debased the office.

In any event, Mike, you're scoring HUGE points with me!

[DemocracyMouse]

34. Sorry, Mike does not get enough points to overcome his pro-corporate agenda

...and the simple fact that the black community does not find a rich white man who called black neighborhoods "where the criminals are."

Good tweet, terrible leader. I'll take any of the other Democrats over Bloomberg.

[rso]

41. Bloomberg

Vote for your preferred candidate in the primaries, but vote blue no matter who in the General.

[DemocracyMouse]

89. Yes, we're all voting for a Democrat in the general election.

That's a given. But it would be nice, in the meantime, to hear your deeper thoughts about the candidates. We need to vote for pro-American citizen cabdidates, not pro-corporate, pro Aristocracy candidates like Bloomberg. The man destroyed Brooklyn's middle class and poor. Provided OUR tax money for HIS upper class buddies. He's just another corporate mobster, but in sheep's clothing.

[Demsrule86]

66. Speak for yourself...he will be just fine for many of us if he can beat Trump...if a person is

concerned about the AA community...they should not support Sanders who has little support. Biden would be the candidate of choice...can't have it both ways.

[grantcart]

74. Yep

Just got my 5th invitation to meet Mike personally.

Unreported is how hard this guy is hitting the streets.

Many, included many in DU, have no comprehension how hard he is running.

While writing this reply just got my 5th thank you for replying (unable to go) which is 5 more thank u's I got from the Sinema campaign where I worked hundreds of hours for and never got a thanks but plenty of requests for money.

Mike is running hard, smart and classy.

[jayschool2013]

4. It's official

Outside of a few journals and magazines read by a select few thousand Americans, political discourse is dead.

We are the World Wrestling Federation of countries.

[ZenDem]

9. This is not new.

Look up the Jefferson v Adams campaigns. It might not be pretty, and we'd like to think we're above it all, but humans will fling shit.

I will approve of Bloomberg flinging shit at Trump. It's more than giving him a taste of his own medicine, it's pouring it down his gullet with a funnel. It will make Trump more paranoid and more likely to make mistakes (publicly). He's reactionary and Bloomberg is making him flip the hell out.

[jayschool2013]

13. Great reminder

Thank you.

[DemocracyMouse]

37. The problem may be elsewhere. Will the the people...

driven out of Bloomberg's New York by his pro-corporate giveaways (tax breaks for developers in Brooklyn, etc) and his calling the black community "where the criminals are."

Trump is Trump and his base loves his juvenile bravado. Democrats are Democrats again and don't love Bloomberg's unbridled wealth and lack of caring.

[JaneQPublic]

10. I was thinking of a "Jerry Springer Show" analogy...

...but Springer, WWF, same diff.

Speaking as someone who also faulted John Kerry for not fighting ENOUGH against Swiftboat attacks, I would hope Dems could find some dignified yet effective middle ground to fight against a crooked, lying human version of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog without wallowing in the mud with him.

[NoMoreRepugs]

26. Can't bring dignified to a poop throwing match -

You’ll lose EVERY single time. There are no more kumbaya moments going forward.

[irisblue]

29. Mr Obama was dignified

..."would hope Dems could find some dignified yet effective middle ground to fight... "

I do not think those days will be back

[hangaleft]

78. Two classy gentlemen

Carter and Obama.

You’d be hard pressed to find two more decent human beings.

[irisblue]

79. Welcome to DU. You're so right

[33taw]

5. Gotta love his hate for Donald.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. Ignore trumPutin's noises while keeping up an unrelenting attack.

All of our candidates should take note and stop attacking each other.

[Lonestarblue]

15. Amen!

The candidates need to “show” they can take on Trump instead of just claiming that they will beat him. They’re trying to take each other down, and that is part of the process, but they need to start taking on Trump as well.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

18. Imagine every Democratic candidate firing daily at trumPutin.

Anyone who has ever had to break rocks or concrete knows that you see little effect for many blows, then suddenly it falls apart.

We need a jackhammer comprised of every person able to attract media attention, which is where trumPutin lives.

[Lokee11]

33. YES YES YES

I am fairly new to posting / replying here, so if there is a thumbs up button I don't know where it is so

[Whatthe_Firetruck]

87. They're called 'recs' here.

At the end of every original post, on the left is - rec, tweet, or like.

[greymattermom]

7. Maybe Mike knows Trump's height and weight too.

And something about his financials. Mike knows how to fight a bully.

[BlueIdaho]

76. Fatso towers over Bloomberg 😉

All of an inch or two once you take the lifts out of his shoes... Now, if you measure them from the neck up - Mike towers over Tump - the mental midget.

Trump is losing the twitter war.

[Ferrets are Cool]

8. I love the Fight in Mike

[dalton99a]

12. Hit Him Where It Hurts. Whatever It Takes.

[Laelth]

16. I think Bloomberg is still pulling his punches.

This is going to get even better.

-Laelth

[yaesu]

20. yep, Bloomberg doesn't suffer fools gladly. nt

[Duppers]

72. You betya!

It's going to be sweet.

[yaesu]

17. tRump thinks everyone is as vindictive as he is. nt

[Movbez4]

19. Keep Scrapping

We have let the Republicans demean us for decades, it's about time someone stands their ground and fires back, and this is what Bloomberg is doing. The mantra of they go low and we go high doesn't work in a digital age where people consume small bits of news through sound bites. Unfortunately, you have to throw rainmaker counter punches, an Bloomberg gets this.

[aikoaiko]

21. Mike, he loves that. Trump loves that respectable people hate, despise, and dismissed him.

And so does about 40% of the voting population apparently.

[Kali]

50. no, drumpf desperately wants approval and acceptance from those NY elites

he has spent his whole life as a wannabe NY rich mover-shaker, but he is just a loser con man and he knows that deep inside. it eats him.

[Demsrule86]

69. The upper crust in New York never had a thing to do with Trump. He was sneered at. His daughter and

her husband made some inroads but she is a pariah now by all accounts...Trump desperately want their acceptance and never got it...no one will do business with him in New York or even in Atlanta where he had questionable business. In fact, there was a time in one of my Dad's building that he worked with the mob...no choice back then in that industry. He told my brother even the mob thought Trump was a doofus. My Dad never asked for any favors and always made sure he never owed anyone.

One of the reasons he got out of that business was the mob connections. He was a brilliant engineer and actually invented the first carbohydrate based insulation that did not contain formaldehyde and could be blown in...he designed the applicator also. He actually bought books on the subject (taught himself Organic Chemistry) and experimented in our basement after the current offerings made my Mom sick and had to be ripped out.

[mia]

22. The art of throwing stones

Bloomberg is winning the war of the words.

[Scurrilous]

23. Now this is a class war I can get behind.

[Mike 03]

24. Trump will learn not to attack Bloomberg because the counterpunch is going to be so much

worse than his ego can tolerate.

Bloomberg won't pull his punches the way the other candidates have.

He has no fear, and he's trying to teach us not to fear or hate Trump, just to laugh at him.

[Mike 03]

25. You can tell Mike wrote this tweet himself.

[Renew Deal]

27. Trump is always pumping up Bernie

He tries to drive that wedge as hard as he can.

[rzemanfl]

28. Bloomberg is the only candidate who seems to understand we face

an existential threat.

[dalton99a]

39. +1

[Demsrule86]

70. That is exactly what we face and some here don't understand this...they act like this is just an

ordinary election...and are all in on policy. I don't give to fucks for policy this year.

[highplainsdem]

30. K&R

[patphil]

32. You may or may not like Bloomberg, but I will tell you this...

Nobody understands Don the Con better, and nobody can use that understanding better to take him apart bit by bit.
I like that Bloomberg is committed to beating him even if he doesn't get the nomination.

Pat Phillips

[mobeau69]

35. Damn, that's good!

[CaptYossarian]

36. A first-time politician telling former mayor Bloomberg he can't share a debate stage with

"professional politicians"? Do his fingers type without consulting his brain?

What's Mike's height got to do with it?

Trump's idols Kim Jung-Un, Hitler, and Putin are/were all short.

[Owl]

38. That's excellent!

[SWBTATTReg]

40. Sounds like rump is running scared. A big bully, being taken down a notch, as he should, with ...

that filthy gutter mouth of his. I'm sick and tired of his idiotic ranting and raving, not at all being presidential.

This country and us deserve far better.

[slumcamper]

45. YES. DJT has met his match.

I've been waiting for a long time for this. Haven't we all?

[pandr32]

43. DT is over-focused on appearance

...and assumes everyone else is, too, because he uses his own 2-dimensional assessment of others. Being glib and superficial are features of DT's antisocial personality disorder.
Bloomberg has more depth and is attacking DT where he is most vulnerable--how he is perceived by all the people he wanted acceptance from in NY. DT wanted to expand his father's empire into Manhattan and he thought all it would take was his own 'want' and a hollow PR campaign to make him appear as a mogul.
DT thinks talking tough, having expensive hair weaves, orange-tinged bronzer slathered on his face, thick shoulder pads, and lifts in his shoes, will make him more manly, but he is only really fooling himself.
I can't wait to see more ads and attacks from Bloomberg. He has DT firmly in his sights.

[CrispyQ]

44. I don't think the Con wrote his tweet.

"A mass of dead energy" is waaaaayyyy too clever for the Con. Also, there's not ONE WORD that is all caps!!!

[Rorey]

46. So disgusting that the person in the WH sinks to this level

Where's Melanie? Shouldn't she be admonishing him? Be best???

[PennyK]

47. This may be what we have to do

The "people' who vote for a moron like tRump don't seem to respond to anything more refined, so this, as much as we dislike it, may just be what has to be done these days.
I HATE reality TV. It has dumbed down our nation.

[llmart]

58. I agree with you.

I do believe that this is what we have to do in the country that we have today. We may not like it, but it's a fact. The American people want a shit show like a reality TV show. Maybe not all of us, but I'd guess the majority of Americans are just numb to the nastiness. Also, if this is what it takes for us to win, then we win first and then try to remove some of the nastiness from our daily discourse.

Hillary was criticized for allowing the Bully in Chief to stalk her onstage at the debates. She really should have turned around and said, "knock it off" or something like that but she decided to remain civil and ignore him. I'm not criticizing her for that because who knew what an absolute imbecile/immature idiot he would be. But now we have seen that there is no limit to his depravity.

I think Bloomberg is the one who can most take him down the way he needs to be taken down. If he's our nominee I will definitely vote for him.

[B Stieg]

48. If he is "the last Dem standing," then I'll support him...

but not until then!

[Dukkha]

49. carnival barking clown is being generous

He's a poor tasteless gaudy version of King Joffrey. A woefully incompetent sadistic spoiled brat who mistakenly fell into wealth and power and needs handlers 24/7 to administer his duties for him or it would all fall apart.

[calguy]

52. Mike's showing he's a fighter

trump hits him and he wastes no time hitting back.
trump hits Joe on the other hand, Joe did not respond quickly, and it has cost him.

[peggysue2]

53. Ooooo!

That will leave a bruise. Go for the ego. That’s Trump’s Achille’s heel. Mock away, Mike!

[videohead5]

55. Trump is lying about

Bloomberg's height. What a little brat Trump is.

[mnhtnbb]

56. I'm putting my money on Mike. This is going to be a street fight

and the whiny little orange man-baby is going to come up the loser.

[Traildogbob]

57. Stop the high road crap

It will take lost of cash to defeat, the Koch cash, the Murdock cash, the Putin cash and there is this Billion dollar Death Star facility, being run by trump campaign chair ZZ Top bearded asshole, already revving up media propaganda to keep the DICKtater King. If he is willing to spend money to defeat this evil, bravo to him. Citizens United created the playing field and right now it is slanted to the right around 70 degrees off of level. Ya wonder why we are labeled snowflakes? As a veteran, rules never apply on the battle field in a war. You fight to stay alive. Our lives literally depend on ending GOP evil.

[mfcorey1]

59. Get him Mike. You know how to shut him up and I am loving it. Now you know that he and

hi lap dogs, Barr, McConnell and Graham are looking for some kind of salacious information on you. Be ready to hit back!

[Kaleva]

61. Reading the tweets, one can tell who ran Trump U and which one graduated from Harvard

[Demsrule86]

63. Anyone who lived in the New York area could tell you what Bloomberg says is true.

Trump was a piece of shit...she almost bankrupted my friends business when they did business with him...never paid them. It was what he did...several of my Dad's friends in Connecticut were ruined by Trump...he was always a womanizer and had a filthy mouth...I remember going to a broadway show with my girl friends years ago before I married...we went to the plaza after for drinks and a bit to eat...Trump was there as you walked in and he had much to say about our looks...I have seen construction workers with more class...my Dad never did business with him although he was in building also at the time...My youngest brother got involved in one of his schemes and 'S' who pretty much gets along with anyone hate Trump's guts. He was not a Hillary fan but said he would walk 100 miles to vote for her. He calls himself an Independent but I know of only once he voted for the GOP...2004 for Bush. The 911 thing shook many people especially folks who live in the New York area.

[larwdem]

64. This

I like mike

[Baked Potato]

71. Trump's gonna blow!

His ego won’t survive this.

[Miigwech]

77. Good, kick some trumpass, Bloomberg

[calimary]

80. My husband just chortled "Battle of the Badmouth Billionaires"!

Hell, if the other side has billionaires playing You Bet Your Billfold, then I want one on MY side!

If this is the game, and money is what counts, then I’m happy to have the guy legitimately with the biggest bundle on OUR side!

Hey donald! Mine’s BIGGER!!!”

[Jirel]

81. Ouuuuuuch!

I can't support Bloomberg in any way. But what a lovely slap! Please spend your money on pissing off Agent Orange, but get out of the race, Mike.

[Blue_true]

82. I like how quick and devastating Bloomberg's team respond to Trump.

That is how it is done, don't wait 12 hours, a day, two days to respond to Trump's lies, attack right away and attack his frail ego.

[colsohlibgal]

83. Ouch Donnie

Bloomberg is just one of our candidates who would not put up with Twitler lurking behind them during a debate. And with his resources he could expose a lot about Fat Donnie.

[PatrickforO]

84. Keep it up, Mike!

You're doing great. When you're done with him, he'll be a giant nut sack.

Oh...wait....

He IS ALREADY a giant nut sack.

[marble falls]

90. All of the candidates need to go after Trump nonestop and not each other.