Michael Bloomberg Quietly Rejoined Clubs That Largely Exclude Women, Minorities

[totodeinhere]

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michael-bloomberg-elite-social-clubs-accept-white-men-the-brook_n_5e458365c5b6e095c6bc44f5

When no one was watching, the presidential candidate re-upped his membership at two of these clubs after resigning from them in 2001.

Bloomberg has not represented our values and he should not be our nominee. We can do better.

[LexVegas]

1. Perhaps...but we can also do much, much worse. nt

[totodeinhere]

3. But why aim for the worst when we can have better?

Of course we could do worse, but I for one prefer to do better.

[LexVegas]

4. I would ask you the same thing. nt

[jr1118x]

2. That just adds to the concern

Between the stop and frisk and video on Redlining and now this, I don't see how we can have someone like that. It would make us as hypocritical as the Rs.

[Rider3]

30. Would another 4 years of Trump be better?

I'll vote for anyone other than Trump.

[jr1118x]

38. Probably not

I doubt he could be worse than Trump, but who knows everytime I think shit cant gets worse I always get suprised.

[OKNancy]

5. Sounds bad until I read the article. I suggest people do that

ETA: spokespeople said the first club mentioned accepts females and minorities
The second one was founded in the 1800s for Jewish men. They now accept women too.
I might note that Jews might be considered a minority.

[Lulu KC]

35. Yes--thank you

So important to read the articles, and so frequently overlooked.

[emmaverybo]

6. He also as recently as 2016 contributed to Peter King's campaign. King has held what many believe

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are racist views.

[Squinch]

8. Source, please.

[emmaverybo]

19. Several other sources. Just google. He also wanted to fingerprint people in public housing who

applied for food stamps. No, he is not one of us.

[Squinch]

20. Ah! "Several other sources." Impressive.

[emmaverybo]

24. I don't know how to do multiple links without going in and out of my post.

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129282092

[TwilightZone]

22. I think you might be confusing Peter King with Steve King.

Steve is the white supremacist.

[emmaverybo]

32. Many believe he is a racist and an Islamaphobe for his positions. He blamed Earl

Garner’s death on his obesity and asthma. He excoriated the Jets for paying black athletes’ fines for kneeling. He is a staunch Trump supporter. Keith’s Ellison challenged his bigotry. He said there were “too many mosques in this country.” He was for Bloomberg’s Muslim profiling
program. Etc. Schumer, however, said he would miss him when he retired.

[TwilightZone]

33. Racist and white supremacist aren't interchangeable terms.

All racists aren't white supremacists, but all white supremacists are racist.

Steve King is clearly a white supremacist, a charge he barely challenges. I'm not sure that the stances you provided prove that Peter King is one, though. He's clearly an overt bigot and a racist, but so are a lot of other people who don't fit the description.

For example, from your post:

"He was for Bloomberg’s Muslim profiling program. "

If that's proof of King's white supremacy, does that make Mike Bloomberg a white supremacist, as well?

Not a fan of Bloomberg, but I'm pretty sure he's not a white supremacist.

[emmaverybo]

41. Changed it. Some do consider King a White Supremacist, but don't think he went about in a white

sheet or joined a group, though he is a registered Republican.

[sweetloukillbot]

27. That's Steve King nt

[emmaverybo]

34. No. Many feel Pete King's views were racist and anti-Muslim. Yeah, the White Supremacist label

is from the Twitter verse, but people have different understands of how to apply. Blaming Garner’s
health conditions for his own death is pretty bad.

[Squinch]

7. IN THE ARTICLE it says that one of the two is "predominantly white" which means

it does NOT exclude minorities, and Huffpo did not know the makeup of the other one, but a quoted reference said it had both female and minority members.

Another bullshit article.

Bloomberg must really be kicking ass in someone's internal poll.

[OKNancy]

9. Right - It's huffpo by the way

I posted somewhat the same above.
I see nothing wrong with him joining a Jewish club.
In the whole scheme of things it seems like another mountain out of a molehill

[Squinch]

13. Thanks for the correction.

More than a mountain out of a molehill, an outright lie!

[totodeinhere]

11. I for one don't want a country club billionaire as my standard bearer.

We should be trying to take power away form these people.

[LanternWaste]

15. Moving the goalposts from the actual article content, eh? Nice.

[Squinch]

16. Good for you. You take your purity right along with you wherever you end up

when the Democracy falls down around our ears.

And if you dare to suggest the idea that the Democracy is crumbling is hyperbole, then we will all know you aren't paying a lick of attention.

[totodeinhere]

21. I want to protect our representative democracy as much as you do.

But part of the danger to our democracy comes from the very autocrats that Bloomberg represents.

[redstateblues]

37. Bernie can't win the GE. Bloomberg can. That's what matters

[totodeinhere]

40. That is your opinion but I disagree. I think that Bernie can win and Bloomberg

cannot. Bloomberg is a wolf in sheep's clothing.

[OKNancy]

17. I want a winner

I hate Trump with the white hot heat of a thousand burning suns.
I'd rather have Biden, but if it is going to be Bloomberg I'm all in.

[totodeinhere]

23. I already said in numerous posts that I will vote for him if he is the nominee.

But why strive for the lowest common denominator when we can do better? I think that we are on the same page actually. I prefer Bernie and you prefer Joe but we will vote for whomever our nominee is. But in the mean time lets vet all of our candidates. Joe and Bernie have been in this for a long time and they have campaigned in states that Bloomberg hasn't touched so they have both already been vetted a lot. But since Bloomberg is now in the picture lets vet him as well. I want the best candidate possible to take on Trump but I'm not sure if Bloomberg is that person.

[Lulu KC]

36. Who's striving?

The headline has lies.

[totodeinhere]

39. No the headline is quite accurate. Those clubs predominantly exclude women and minorities.

Nobody is saying that they don't have a few token members. HuffPost is a great progressive voice that takes great care to fact check its information.

[Lulu KC]

42. I really didn't come here to argue, but...

See posts 5, 7, and 9. Sometimes headlines don't reflect content and btw, I too have heard of Huffpo before.

Yes, he is wealthy, he belongs to private clubs, many private clubs either do or used to be quite restrictive, and no, he's not really my guy, either. He probably didn't imagine himself ever running for president, and I never imagined defending him.

My point is that no one is striving to elect their own less-than-favorite candidate. With our country in serious trouble, it's kind of amazing the options that we are weighing.

Good day.

[Demsrule86]

25. I don't want Sanders to be our nominee so? I think he loses.

He has my vote only in a general.

[totodeinhere]

31. That's fine, We can disagree on who we think is most likely to win in November.

And I see you have Joe is your sig line. I support Bernie but I love Joe and will be all for him if he gets nominated. He has always fought for average people throughout his long political life. But Bloomberg has been on the other side for much of his political career.

[LanternWaste]

10. Millionaires and billionaires doing what millionaires and billionaires do.

(oops... failed the narrative by adding millionaires into that, as they've been rehabilitated by obvious necessity)

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. Bloomberg is taking it straight to the enemy.

I wish the others would.

[MineralMan]

14. Both of which accept women these days.

Isn't that interesting, but it wasn't mentioned in that article.

Look in this thread. Someone did the homework the author of that huffingpost article didn't bother to do or didn't report.

[Demsrule86]

26. I agree with that...and losing is losing...no pride in losing.

[d_b]

28. heh

I just listened to his comments from 2015..



Mike Bloomberg is a piece of shit.

[Rider3]

29. At this point....

I don't care. I just want to get a nominee and concentrate on them for the upcoming debates against Trump. Enough of the accusations against everyone.