Bloomberg says contested convention is his only path, faces delegate shortfall – By Allan Smith and Josh Lederman and Maura Barrett (NBC News) / March 3 2020
MIAMI — With it finally time for Mike Bloomberg to face voters, he said Tuesday that the only way he can win the Democratic nomination is at a contested Democratic National Convention this summer.
Speaking at a Miami campaign office Tuesday, Bloomberg said: “Well, I don’t think that I can win any other ways.”
“But contested convention is a democratic process,” he added. “There are rules in the Democratic Party of how you go about this. And I did see Bernie Sanders said all of a sudden, he didn’t want to follow the rules…I find it offensive that Bernie Sanders, who the last time he ran was in favor of that kind of a convention, and now was opposed to it. I guess where you stand depends on where you sit.”
His remarks as such come as Joe Biden has begun to consolidate the moderate Democratic primary field aimed at taking on Sanders, the Vermont senator, as Bloomberg faces increased calls to join the likes of Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar, who ended their candidacies this week and backed Biden.
Bloomberg bristled at the suggestion he could be taking votes away from Biden and, as a result, boosting Sanders beginning with the Super Tuesday contests. “Joe’s taking votes away from me,” Bloomberg told reporters, adding that “it goes in both directions.”
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