San Francisco Mayor London Breed endorses Mike Bloomberg for president

[RandySF]

San Francisco Mayor London Breed endorsed Mike Bloomberg for the Democratic presidential nomination, boosting the billionaire’s chances in a delegate-rich state where he got off to a late start but is now spending millions to try to win.

Breed, who backed California Sen. Kamala Harris until she withdrew from the race in December, told The Chronicle exclusively Wednesday that she “thought long and hard” before deciding that Bloomberg’s “track record of what he’s done as New York City mayor and what he’s done afterward has been significant.”

Breed added, “He has the ability to beat Donald Trump this November, and that is of the most concern to me.”

Endorsing Bloomberg, who made his $54 billion fortune off his eponymous media empire, carries political risk in San Francisco, where rising wealth inequality has reshaped the city. Breed also will undoubtedly hear from the city’s progressive community about Bloomberg’s long support for the stop-and-frisk policing policy during his 12 years as mayor.



https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/San-Francisco-Mayor-London-Breed-endorses-Mike-14996690.php

[still_one]

1. Mayor of San Jose, Sam Liccardo, has also endorsed Bloomberg

[frazzled]

2. That $86 million in political donations to campaigns

seems to be coming home to roost, methinks.

[redqueen]

3. Can we call this corruption?

Or does that make us bad Dems?