Bloombergs - Racial Profiling, Multiple Racist statements about crime & Minorities, CP5 ..

[uponit7771]

... intimating Redlining as a reason for the financial crisis, spying on Muslims and pretty much no recent indicator of mindset change other than a lie saying "... no one told me about stop and frisk ..."

Will Bloomberg's recent issues with non-whites suppress minority turnout?

The aforementioned was the last ten years, not 20 - 30 years ago and just last year Bloomberg was defending racial profiling in Stop and frisk and it's one of the reasons why Bloomberg does the worst with blacks according to recent Yahoo/YouGov polling - https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/we97h9ywxh/20200213_yahoo_primary_crosstabs.pdf

How is Bloomberg different from Corbin in that in the UK in that Corbin happened to a turnoff to a huge segment of Labor voters and the didn't show up to vote?


I think these are fair questions


What say you?

thx in advance for any input

[Iliyah]

1. Bloomberg commercials on radio as well as tv is 24/7 . . .

here in California. It's reaching out to the POC communities 24/7. He is aligning himself with small Black businesses owners and President Obama.

POC and Whites know what is at stake. Money has a whole lot of power, and Bloomberg's got a lot of it. Unfortunately, we live in a time where money can buy elections.

Evil is in the WH and government, we must defeat it, and VP Biden and Mayor Pete is still in the running.

[uponit7771]

3. Ask Corbin from the UK, "the other guy is evil" wasn't enough to overcome Corbins lack of appeal

... to the more diverse Labor party.

People aren't willing to overlook their own best interest

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. It's what he will do in the future that matters.

The past can never be undone.

Think positive.

[uponit7771]

4. Mike was defending racial profiling just last year, I'm supposed to believe he's changed his mind..

... after bold faced lying about "no one told me about stop and frisk" ?!

Again, "I've got money even thought I'll be against your best interest" hasn't historically won elections.

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. Let him take his platform straight to the minority community

See how they receive it. They can make up their own minds what they think will be best for them.

You don't like him but perhaps they will.

[uponit7771]

8. I am one of they and the polling already says he's doing horrible among Minority voters. I'll

... vote for him because I'm keeping my word by that's not everyone

[Sympthsical]

5. "Black voters are our base" got thrown out the window awfully fast

I honestly feel whiplashed. Biden does poorly in two small states, and suddenly it all turned on a dime. I guess we’re defending and minimizing racism now.

I’m sorry this is happening to your community. This shouldn’t be who we are. I’m withholding my California ballot until after SC. I meant to go Buttigieg, but now I want to know where to put my vote to help stop this man on Super Tuesday.

[cherryinpa]

7. Yes

It’s amazing how these self proclaimed Democrats ditched Biden after two primaries and even before his core gets to vote. What a bunch of weak livers. And they ditched Joe font for Klobuchar/Warren or another moderate Democrat but instead for a Republican billionairre. Now the past is coming back to haunt them and they got egg on their face.

Once Joe is resurgent after SC they’ll likely be back.

[Devil Child]

19. Amen cherryinpa!

[Squinch]

12. No. See post 11.

[jcmaine72]

22. Thank you! It sure did.

I actually find myself checking the URL in the address bar occasionally while reading some of the comments here excusing this man's extensive (and recent) history of racism just to make sure I'm still at DU.

Like you, I'm positively gobsmacked by this rapid about-face and what people are now willing to tolerate and excuse within our party.

[Sympthsical]

24. I'll cast a vote for Biden to keep him in

My top two are Buttigieg and Warren, but after SC, if Biden needs help in California, I’ll vote strategically.

Just not that racist. No way.

[appalachiablue]

9. Bloomberg's policies on 'public school reform' up for posting:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/17/michael-bloomberg-education-reforms-public-schools

[uponit7771]

14. Jus damn,

[patricia92243]

10. I predict that Bloomberg will be Teflon - everything will bounce off him.

I remember them saying that about Clinton and it is surely true with the thing in the WH.

Money talks. Right or wrong, it just does.

[uponit7771]

15. Bloomberg's money needs to talk louder then cause he's doing horrible among blacks. People

... aren't going to go against their best interest

[Squinch]

11. On the other hand, Bloomberg reduced the number of murders of young black men by 50% at a time

when the murder rate was skyrocketing and no one could stop it.

He also reduced the incarceration rate in the city by 40%. This was at a time when nationwide unjust incarcerations of young black men were skyrocketing due to the crime bill that Biden and BS passed.

Stop and frisk WAS immoral and ineffective. But would you rather be stopped and frisked, or unjustly incarcerated.

None of these candidates are clean on race. Bloomberg did some very very bad things and some very, very, very good things. What good things did the other candidates do to IMPROVE the lives of POC during their tenures?

[uponit7771]

13. He could've done that without the racism, that's what gets me he didn't need it.

"None of these candidates are clean on race" - none of the other candidates were defending their racism last year like Bloomberg was with racial profiling then lied and said "no one talked to me about stop and frisk" ... a bold faced lie

Yes, Bloomberg is worse than the others

[Squinch]

18. They all could have done it without racism. None of them did.

And can you think of anything the other candidates have done that have improved the lives of their constituents like reducing the murder rate of young black men by 50% and reducing the incarceration rate by 40%?

I get that people think he's worse than the others. If you only listen to what he says, that is certainly true. But if you look at what he has done, the picture is a lot less clear, especially when compared to the records on race of other candidates.

[uponit7771]

21. ... and all of them have SHOWN to have changed minds Bloomberg has not apologized for

... racial profiling just stop and frisk saying they "overused" it as if using it at all helped anyone.


Again, Bloomberg is light years worse on race than any other candidate ... there's no doubt about that and that's just what we know.

"But if you look at what he has done," - I have !! He supported his racism last year and recently just said "no one told me about stop and frisk" which is a lie.

That doesn't represent a changed mind on the issue of racism to me.

[Squinch]

23. And the fact that 50% more young black men are alive and 40% fewer New Yorkers are in jail

means nothing?

[LeftTurn3623]

16. I wish Biden would do an ad

just showing all the comments Bloomberg has made - Racist -sexist - old people can die & not get health care - farmers are dumb

That would have been better spent money than going after Pete.


Bloomberg needs stopped.

[uponit7771]

17. +1

[Devil Child]

20. +2 n/t