Bernie Sanders wants to see Michael Bloomberg enter the race
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is reportedly toying with launching an independent presidential campaign, and Democratic hopeful Bernie Sanders sounds pretty excited about it. Here's what he told ABC's This Week on Sunday:
Well, you know, I think it would be very interesting if Donald Trump became the Republican candidate who is a multi-billionaire, and Michael Bloomberg became an independent candidate who is a multi-billionaire. And it will tell people what I have been saying for a long time is that this country is moving away from democracy to oligarchy that billionaires are the people who are controlling our political life. That is not what, to my view, American democracy is supposed to be about, a contest between billionaires. If that takes place, I am confident that we will win it. [This Week]
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