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Not with a candidate’s name attached

So if Bloomberg felt passionately about gun safety, and wanted to run millions of dollars of ads promoting the dangers of guns, he’d have to do it with mentioning himself or any other politician. Campaigning an issue versus a person seems better in my mind.

I’m sure it’s not perfect, and there’d be loopholes that could be exploited. But I’d like to try and create as equal of a playing field as possible.

(In response to this post by BocaHoo91)

Posted: 02/14/2020 at 9:36PM

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