Post by Logan on Jan 24, 2016 20:35:52 GMT -6
DUBUQUE, Iowa — Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, who has rallied against the outsized political influence of billionaires from the outset of his upstart campaign, said Sunday that he would welcome the chance to run against two of them in the fall.
Sanders was asked on NBC’s “Meet the Press” about former New York mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who is reportedly mulling an independent White House bid. Both Bloomberg and Republican front-runner Donald Trump are billionaire businessmen.
“My reaction is, if Donald Trump wins and Mr. Bloomberg gets in, you’re going to have two multibillionaires running for president of the United States against me,” Sanders told host Chuck Todd. “And I think the American people do not want to see our nation move toward an oligarchy, where billionaires control the political process. I think we’ll win that election.”
Sanders would first have to get past Hillary Clinton in the contest for the Democratic nomination before such a race could take shape.
Continued at www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2016/01/24/sanders-says-bring-another-billionaire/84FcgvK9rcNliaKHtRDO1J/story.html .
Sanders was asked on NBC’s “Meet the Press” about former New York mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who is reportedly mulling an independent White House bid. Both Bloomberg and Republican front-runner Donald Trump are billionaire businessmen.
“My reaction is, if Donald Trump wins and Mr. Bloomberg gets in, you’re going to have two multibillionaires running for president of the United States against me,” Sanders told host Chuck Todd. “And I think the American people do not want to see our nation move toward an oligarchy, where billionaires control the political process. I think we’ll win that election.”
Sanders would first have to get past Hillary Clinton in the contest for the Democratic nomination before such a race could take shape.
Continued at www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2016/01/24/sanders-says-bring-another-billionaire/84FcgvK9rcNliaKHtRDO1J/story.html .