The Soapbox

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Let's take these point by point.

Racist: I'm not sure I'd go that far, but damn it's hard to argue against it much, either. He continued and strengthened some pretty racist policies in his 12 years as mayor, then defended them up until very recently. Not to mention, he has some recordings that are going to make things very, very awkward going forward, particularly on the debate stage an in one-on-one interviews where he can't control the message the way he wants.

Sexist: I admit I haven't looked into this much, but there is no shortage of allegations against him (40 by 64 women). Like the above, this is waiting for him as the convention/general gets closer.

Oligarch: I referred to him as one the other day and SOMEbody called this a MAGA talking point...which is irrelevant. Just because a bunch of ignorant jerkoffs say something doesn't make it untrue. Bloomberg is the dictionary definition of an oligarch. If someone would like to argue against it, I'm all ears.

Asshole: Meh, I don't really much care one way or another. A consideration so minor as to be irrelevant.

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Posted: 02/15/2020 at 12:39PM

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