So in order to beat this sexist, authoritarian, racist billionaire we need to do everything we can even if it means voting for a sexist, authoritarian, racist billionaire. I can’t say I agree with you, Nancy, but okay.
But if a candidate being a vile misogynist is a dealbreaker for you, maybe you should consider these findings from a recent WaPo piece on Bloomberg.
- When Bloomberg learned on April 11, 1995, that [his employee Ms.] Garrison was pregnant, according to her suit, he allegedly said to her, “Kill it!” Garrison asked Bloomberg to repeat what he said, and she said he responded, “Kill it! Great! Number 16!,” which she took as a reference to the number of pregnant women and new mothers at the company.
- An employee named Mary Ann Olszewski sued Bloomberg LP in 1996, alleging that she was drugged and raped by her supervisor. She said that employees from Bloomberg on down engaged in a pattern and practice of “sexual degradation of women” and that Bloomberg made comments about employees such as, ‘I’d like to do that piece of meat.’”
- According to WaPo, there was a booklet of his quotes called “The Wit and Wisdom of Michael Bloomberg:” “A good salesperson is like a man who tries to pick up women at a bar by saying, “Do you want to f — -? He gets turned down a lot — but he gets f — — — a lot, too!” Bloomberg was quoted in the booklet as saying. Bloomberg also allegedly said that his company’s financial information computers “will do everything, including give you head. I guess that puts a lot of you girls out of business.”
I don’t feel like typing them all out here but you can read it in the article, if you’re so inclined.
Or you can read more here, in the New York Times
Or you can read about more cruel and Trumpian things he has said here:
So to sum it up, one of the reasons why I can’t commit to voting for whoever the nominee is: It could just basically be voting for another Trump against Trump we already have, so I don’t feel right in my heart validating that non-choice with my vote.
Maybe you feel satisfied with a democracy that gives you the option of two rich, amoral cretins to “choose” from, but I will say no thank you!