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Field since ever. and i don t mean just racially diverse or gender diverse. we have governors. we have mayors, senators, house members, business people, philosophers even. and what bloomberg is saying by coming in so late is none of you are good enough. and i don t think democrats are going to take kindly to that because democrats are happy with their choices. and the race is sort of solidified right now. it s a good point because there s a lot of kind of gnashing of teeth about the field. here s an issue that harry enten made the point to us earlier this morning that biden has enormous and durable strength among black voters. helps give him a firewall in south carolina in the primaries but also has appeal to working class whites, a key demgraph nick the states that will decide this election. those are not mike bloomberg s ....
Strengths here. you said he s a data-driven guy. what data is he relying on? you make an excellent point. when i was at bloomberg, one of the biggest things we were always asked is what is the data to support this. every decision that s made at the company. at his own company has to be rooted in some kind of data. and so for him to look at these poll numbers and to move forward potentially, because we don t know yet, with a potential run, it goes to show you that he s putting the data aside to your point but he s done this before. he s put the data aside when it came to the mayoral races. when he decided to run for mayor. he was not a well-known candidate or polling well initially and did it anyway. so it seems like when it comes to political data, bloomberg is more inclined to run on his gut. now you mentioned some demographics that he may not be ....
Performing well with, but keep in mind that women are essentially a very important part of the 2020 election cycle. and he already has a grassroots organization to patti s point on gun safety. moms demand action. guess what. that group is a lot of women behind him, and he already has that grassroots organization throughout the country. so patti, we talked about who this could hurt, right, joe biden. i think could shave away from mayor pete buttigieg. but if you are elizabeth warren or bernie sanders, who, by the way, bernie sanders has said he hopes the day comes that billionaires don t exist in america. so, yeah, mike bloomberg is that, to say the least. what does this do for those two candidates? does it help elevate them? i think it actually really does. you know, there s, right now, there s a moderate lane in the party and then there s the more progressive, liberal lane. and biden and mayor pete and ....
Democrats, if they had a witness who would say i heard president trump give this direction, i think they can put all the evidence forward and people can draw their own conclusionses too whether this was a bunch of people freelancing or following directions of the president. to your point, it s almost orwellian to say that the transcript exonerates you. it says do me a favor. it s making that explicit connection. that s the world we live in. bob litt, shane harris, i know we ll talk to you again about this in the coming weeks and months. still to come, he ran the city of new york. can he run the country? a move that could have seismic implications in the democratic presidential primaries. former new york mayor michael bloomberg could launch a bid for the white house today. and draw-dropping accusations in a new book by anonymous. the unnamed administration official says senior members considered resigning en masse in a, quote, midnight self-massacre. and that s not all. plus p ....
This point to debate. right, right. i think he is kent is unambiguous there in his statement. really saying, look, as far as he was concerned, and it s corroborated by others, this is what the president wanted. and absent the president of ukraine going out and making these commitments that aid was not going to flow. and these are career officials. they don t take political stances. that policy of the administration was to provide that aid to ukraine and they are saying, what is the problem here? and it s very suspicious. when it becomes clear what the problem is, they sound the alarm. the language on that line is so unequivocal. this is a deputy assistant secretary in the state department that is no small position. those dass have enormous position over policy. what you don t have yet, is someone testifying under oath like a mulvaney or a sondland saying the president called me and said do x. do it on this. now you also at the same time ....