An independent presidential candidate “cannot win,” according to billionaire Michael Bloomberg, who also cautioned that such a run would only guarantee the reelection of President Donald Trump.
Less than a day after Howard Schultz, the former CEO of Starbucks, declared that he is “seriously considering” a run for president, Bloomberg made a statement that was posted on his website.
An independent candidate cannot win, according to the former mayor of New York City, who is allegedly considering a run for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in 2020.
In a statement, he stated that there was a “high possibility” that an independent candidate would simply split the anti-Trump vote in 2020, leading to the President’s reelection. That was a risk I declined.
According to billionaire Michael Bloomberg, an independent running for president “cannot win,” and would only ensure the reelection of President Donald Trump.
Bloomberg released a statement that was published on his website less than a day after Howard Schultz, the former CEO of Starbucks, revealed that he is “seriously contemplating” a run for president.
The former mayor of New York City, who is reportedly exploring a bid for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in 2020, believes that an independent candidate cannot prevail.
He claimed in a statement that there was a “high likelihood” that an independent candidate in 2020 would only split the anti-Trump vote, resulting in the President’s reelection. That was a chance I turned down.
He continued in the statement, “Now I have never been a partisan guy — and it’s no secret that I looked at an independent bid in the past. In actuality, I had to make the very same choice that is currently being considered by others.
“The information was highly consistent and well-defined. There is no way an independent can win given the tremendous pull of partisanship and the realities of the electoral college system, he continued. “That is more true now than it has ever been.”
Speculation that Bloomberg would run as a third-party presidential candidate in 2008 increased when Bloomberg declared himself an independent in 2007. Additionally, speculation about him running as an independent in the 2016 election surfaced.
After abandoning the Democratic Party in 2001 to join the Republican Party, the former mayor of New York re-registered as a Democrat in 2018.
Howard Wolfson, a former Democratic political consultant who now works for the Bloomberg Foundation, made an appearance on Sunday to preempt Bloomberg’s statement. He claimed to have seen data that indicated an independent candidate would split the vote, which could result in Trump’s reelection.
In a tweet, Wolfson stated, “I have seen enough data over many years to know that anyone running for POTUS as an independent will split the anti-incumbent, anti-Trump vote. The stakes are at an all-time high. We cannot afford to take the chance that political sabotage may lead to Trump’s victory.
In his comments, Bloomberg argued that the country must “stay together” to beat Donald Trump in 2020, which will come after the midterm elections.
Bloomberg emphasized that “we must remain unified and we must not allow any candidate to separate or fragment us.” The stakes are at an all-time high.
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