Trump accuses Bloomberg of 'illegally buying' Democratic nomination

[Judi Lynn]

BY MORGAN CHALFANT - 02/18/20 04:25 PM EST

President Trump on Tuesday accused former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg of trying to “illegally” buy the Democratic nomination for president, taking aim at the billionaire businessman’s massive self-funding operation.

“What Mini Mike is doing is nothing less than a large scale illegal campaign contribution. He is ‘spreading’ money all over the place, only to have recipients of his cash payments, many former opponents, happily joining or supporting his campaign. Isn’t that called a payoff?” Trump tweeted Tuesday afternoon.

“Mini is illegally buying the Democrat Nomination,” Trump tweeted, repeating his claim that the Democratic Party is trying “again” to take the election away from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and mocking Bloomberg for his height.

Trump’s remarks come as Bloomberg, who has been funding his campaign with hundreds of millions of his own money, is rising in the polls. Federal candidates who fund their own campaigns do not face restrictions on how much they can spend of their own money in order to win an election.

More:
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/483521-trump-accuses-bloomberg-of-illegally-buying-democratic-nomination

[LakeArenal]

1. Trump is an expert. He should know.

[rzemanfl]

2. Fuck you Drumpf, you Nazi!

I wonder how many times I have posted those words.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. He's just mad because Bloomberg can afford to fund his own campaign,

while Trump had to have the Russians buy his election for him.

[silverweb]

10. Bingo!

Bloomberg is actually doing what Trump said he was going to do and didn't.

Bloomberg is everything Trump claims to be and isn't. It's got be killing him.

[Sloumeau]

4. Good Grief, Donald Trump really is that stupid! hahahaha :) nt

[cherryinpa]

5. Stirring the shit

Trump is stirring the shit to raise a stink.

He is by no means the smartest enemy, but he is, without doubt, the evilest and deviant.

[ace3csusm]

6. Trump Would no about Payoffs...Trust him on that illegal campaign contribution

Didnt Trump say he funded his own campaign...So did he buy then presidency 2016

[TheCowsCameHome]

7. You've met your match, OrangeBoy

Mmmm.

I can smell his fear from here.

Suffer, you stupid jerk.

[gollygee]

8. ROFL you'd think he'd be an expert on what's illegal at this point

Hilarious.

[TDale313]

9. There's absolutely nothing illegal about it.

We can debate at some point whether that fact is a good thing or not, but Bloomberg is absolutely within his rights and the rules running the way he is.

To paraphrase Hamilton “Sit down Don, you fat f&@k”

[abqtommy]

11. tRUMP just might be right on this. After all, if anybody knows about illegality it's him.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

16. No, he's wrong. What Bloomberg is doing is perfectly legal.

Maybe it shouldn't be, but right now it is. Trump is pissed off because Bloomberg can afford to so something he can't afford to do (and wouldn't anyhow if he could get others to pay).

[ibegurpard]

12. Stop listening to anything any Repuke says

[nobuddy]

13. Trump fears Bloomberg

But I repeat myself.

[JCMach1]

14. Test marketed to divide

Fuck Trump...

And no, it absolutely won't change the choice I will have to make between Sanders and Bloomberg in Texas...

Neither are my first choice, so have a big decision to make.

[patricia92243]

15. kettle.pot