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MIKE BLOOMBERG 2020
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Mark tells a living room of Bloomberg pros-
pects, as they snack on crudité and white
wine.
Bloomberg is the candidate “
to represent
our values and our issues, and the con-
nection and the friendship between Israel
and America,
” Hannan Lis, Mark’
s Israeli-
American son-in-law, chimes in. “Mike
Bloomberg is the only candidate we can
ever consider.
”
Bloomberg, the former Democrat-
turned-Republican-turned-Independent-
turned-Democrat mayor of New York City
and among the 10 richest people in the
world according to Forbes, skipped early
primary states to focus on Super Tuesday
and delegate-rich states like Michigan to
propel him to the top. He’
s outspending
every candidate in the field, having used
roughly $500 million of his own funds
since entering the race late last year, all
while advocating for stricter gun control
and touting his business acumen to boost
the American economy.
Religion has played a somewhat nebulous
role in Bloomberg’
s contemporary life, but
he’
s drawing on his Jewish roots and his
Zionism as his campaign comes to a head.
“I’
ve spent a lot of time in synagogues
in my life, but my parents taught me that
Judaism is more than just going to shul,
”
Bloomberg told a crowd at the Aventura
Turnberry Jewish Center in Miami, Florida,
in January. “It is about living our values,
including our obligation to help and to
‘
repair the world’
in the tradition of tikkun
ANTHONY LANZILOTE
“He focuses on what he
can do for others; he’s
obviously not in it for
himself.”
— STUART LOGAN ON MIKE BLOOMBERG