{"id":2273363,"date":"2024-06-21T09:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T13:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michael-bloomberg-endorses-biden-signs-massive-check-for-presidents-re-election-effort\/"},"modified":"2024-06-21T09:57:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T13:57:52","slug":"michael-bloomberg-endorses-biden-signs-massive-check-for-presidents-re-election-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michael-bloomberg-endorses-biden-signs-massive-check-for-presidents-re-election-effort\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bloomberg Backs Biden, Donates Big for Re-Election Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmichael-bloomberg-endorses-biden-signs-massive-check-for-presidents-re-election-effort%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2273363&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Billionaire\u2064 Michael\u2063 Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg\u200b LP, has officially endorsed President Joe\u200b Biden&#8217;s re-election campaign\u2064 while\u200c contributing a \u200dtotal \u200bof $20 million to\u200c his campaign efforts. Bloomberg&#8217;s financial support includes $19 million to the pro-Biden PAC &#8220;Future Forward&#8221; and \u200dnearly\u200b $1 million\u200d to the \u2063Biden Victory Unit, \u2064a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-electioneering-dirty-facebook-suspends-gop-ad-campaign-days-before-january-georgia-runoff-election\/\" title=\"More Electioneering: Dirty Facebook Suspends GOP Ad Campaign Days Before January Georgia Runoff Election\">joint fundraising committee<\/a> of\u2062 the Biden campaign and Democratic\u2063 Party \u2062Committees. In his endorsement, Bloomberg\u2063 reiterated his support for Biden, having <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/centrist-news-outlet-the-messenger-to-shut-down-less-than-a-year-after-launching-site\/\" title=\"Centrist news outlet 'The Messenger' to close within a year of launching\">previously\u2062 backed<\/a> him\u2062 in the 2020 election against Donald\u200d Trump. Bloomberg&#8217;s endorsement comes a \u2064month after \u2063Biden awarded \u200bhim the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Bloomberg, who was mayor of New York City \u200bfrom 2001 to 2013, had \u200cinitially switched \u200bfrom the \u200cDemocratic \u200dto the Republican Party to run\u200d for mayor, but\u2062 returned to the Democrats \u2062shortly after Trump took office in 2017. He \u2064also \u2064challenged Biden in the 2020 \u200bDemocratic primaries before dropping out and\u200d endorsing\u200d him.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Billionaire Michael Bloomberg, the founder of the eponymous media company, endorsed President Joe Biden on Thursday and gave Biden\u2019s re-election effort a $20 million boost.<\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg donated $19 million to the independent, pro-Biden PAC \u201cFuture Forward\u201d and nearly $1 million more to the Biden Victory Fund, which is a combination of the Biden campaign and Democratic Party Committees, The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/06\/20\/mike-bloomberg-biden-20-million-donation-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. Asked by the Post about his massive donations to Biden, Bloomberg formally endorsed the president\u2019s re-election campaign against Republican Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI stood with Joe Biden in 2020, and I am proud to do so again,\u201d Bloomberg said.<\/p>\n<p>Future Forward PAC President Chauncey McLean thanked Bloomberg for supporting Biden\u2019s re-election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichael Bloomberg was a strong supporter of President Biden in 2020 and, now, again in 2024, and we are very grateful for his support,\u201d McLean said. \u201cVoters respond when they hear the story about President Biden looking out for them while Donald Trump just looks out for himself. Because of Michael Bloomberg\u2019s support, we\u2019ll be more successful in making sure people understand the choice in this election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg switched from Democrat to Republican to run for New York City mayor in 2001. He won the campaign and then served as mayor until the end of 2013. The billionaire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/10\/10\/nyregion\/michael-bloomberg-democrat-president.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">switched<\/a> back to the Democratic Party shortly after Trump was sworn into office. Bloomberg, who boasts a net worth of $106 billion, ran for president as a Democrat against Biden in 2020 before he dropped out and supported Biden\u2019s campaign against Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/hub.jhu.edu\/2024\/05\/03\/michael-bloomberg-presidential-medal-of-freedom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">honored<\/a> Bloomberg with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation\u2019s highest civilian honor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s changed us. He\u2019s challenged us, as well, to solve the toughest challenges from gun violence to climate change,\u201d Biden said of Bloomberg. \u201cMichael, thank you, Mr. Mayor. Thank you for a career of service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1712932862202000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0plT8RRdMy9XUpIhocnjQS\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg blasted Trump in 2020 and swore he would \u201cdefeat\u201d him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c@realDonaldTrump \u2013 we know many of the same people in NY. Behind your back they laugh at you &#038; call you a carnival barking clown. They know you inherited a fortune &#038; squandered it with stupid deals and incompetence,\u201d Bloomberg <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeBloomberg\/status\/1227951551068721154?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a> in February 2020. \u201cI have the record &#038; the resources to defeat you. And I will.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former NYC mayor\u2019s post attacking Trump was in response to a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1227946304057364481\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweet<\/a> from the then-president, who dubbed Bloomberg \u201cmini Mike\u201d for his shorter-than-average height and called him \u201ca mass of dead energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the 2020 election campaign, Bloomberg also spent $100 million in Florida in an effort to help Biden win the state. That <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facing-backlash-and-recall-effort-soros-funded-george-gascon-drops-some-radical-policies\/\" title=\"Facing Backlash and Recall Effort, Soros-funded George Gascon Drops Some Radical Policies\">effort fell short<\/a> as Trump won Florida by more than three percentage points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought Mini Mike was through with Democrat politics after spending almost 2 Billion Dollars, and then giving the worst and most inept Debate Performance in the history of Presidential Politics,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1305140931042009095\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> after Bloomberg\u2019s Florida strategy was reported. \u201cPocahontas ended his political career on first question, OVER! Save NYC instead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire Michael Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg LP, endorsed President Joe Biden and contributed $20 million to his re-election campaign. He allocated $19 million to the pro-Biden PAC &#8220;Future Forward&#8221; and an additional $1 million to the Biden Victory Fund, supporting Biden&#8217;s combined campaign efforts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":2273364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-2151324904-scaled-e1718973040715.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2273363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-2151324904-scaled-e1718973040715.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2273363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2273363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2273363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2273364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2273363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2273363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2273363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}