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Bloomberg Pushes Back on Criticism That Hes Buying the Election, Apologizes for Stop and Frisk

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg pushed back on criticism for entering the Democratic pr..

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg pushed back on criticism for entering the Democratic presidential race, saying that he has “the same rights as everybody else.”

Asked by “CBS This Morning” during his first televised interview since announcing his bid after the range of reactions to his entry, Bloomberg said: “I have the same rights as anybody else. Does it take an ego? Yeah, I guess it takes an ego to think that you could do the job.”

“I have 12 years of experience in City Hall. and I think if go back today and ask most people, they would say that, not me, but the team that I put together made an enormous difference in New York City and New York City benefited from it, and continues to benefit from it today what we did then.”

Bloomberg, 77, described himself as a “social liberal, fiscal moderate, who is basically nonpartisan.” He said he was a Democrat in Massachusetts and New York City because there are essentially no Republicans in either case. Bloomberg ran for mayor in 2001 as a Republican and was re-elected in 2005 before pushing the City Council to get the term limits extended and winning a third term. He has also been an Independent.

“I do believe that most of the public is in the middle,” he said on Friday.

Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg addresses a news conference after launching his presidential bid in Norfolk, Virginia on Nov. 25, 2019. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters)

He said about critics saying hes trying to buy the election by pouring in tens of millions of his own money: “Im doing exactly the same thing theyre doing, except that I am using my own money, theyre using somebody elses money, and those other people expect something from them. Nobody gives you money if they dont expect something. And I dont want to be bought.”

Asked about his apology for stop and frisk, a policy his administration implemented in New York City that was credited by some for helping stem crime in the city, Bloomberg said that “nobody asked” him about it until he announced his presidential bid.

“Im sorry. I apologize. Lets go fight the NRA and find other ways to stop the murders and incarceration. Those are things that ImRead More – Source

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