Cenk Uygur
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Why Michael Bloomberg Isn’t Running For President
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March 9, 2016
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March 9, 2016
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6:39Now PlayingMichael Bloomberg is out. He was never in. He was so rich that thinking about running for president was front page news. Cenk Uygur, host of the The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"Michael R. Bloomberg, who for months quietly laid the groundwork to run for president as an independent, will not enter the 2016 campaign, he said Monday, citing his fear that a three-way race could lead to the election of a candidate he thinks would endanger the country: Donald J. Trump.
In a forceful condemnation of his fellow New Yorker, Mr. Bloomberg said Mr. Trump had run “the most divisive and demagogic presidential campaign I can remember, preying on people’s prejudices and fears.” He said he was alarmed by Mr. Trump’s threats to bar Muslim immigrants from entering the country and to initiate trade wars against China and Japan, and he was disturbed by Mr. Trump’s “feigning ignorance of white supremacists,” alluding to Mr. Trump’s initial refusal to disavow supportfrom David Duke, a former Ku Klux Klan leader.”*
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