MigraineMan
Defenestration Specialist
What politician would want Bloomberg Bucks? Seems like a good way of shooting oneself in the foot.
A bunch of Virginia Dems didn't think it was a bad thing. There's an article or Twitter post where Del. Nancy Guy says "we wouldn't have won without support from Bloomberg." (Bloomberg's support was proxied though his Beyond Carbon Action Fund - the environmental equivalent of Everytown.) It's estimated that Mike poured more than $100M into the 2018 Congressional races to flip the House Blue - sponsoring 24 candidates across the US, 21 of whom won. Some claim that he backed candidates wisely; I'm of the opinion that he out-spent the competition - he wouldn't have needed to infuse cash if they were strong enough and well supported locally on the merits.
So our elected officials have a corporate master, and answer to him first. What's the big deal? I'm sure Mike would never act in a way that wasn't for the good of the people, right?