Actor Alec Baldwin offered faint praise for former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, describing him both as a ruthless politician and a wealthy titan who would stop at nothing to win an election.
“Bloomberg was a Republican when it suited his purposes, became a Democrat when it suited his purposes,” he wrote on social media, noting the former New York mayor spent close to $300 million of his own money in his three campaigns for mayor. “When he wants something, he simply buys it.”
Baldwin recalled Bloomberg used New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn to pass a measure overturning term limits, allowing him to run for a third term as mayor. Baldwin recalled Bloomberg then refused to endorse Quinn for mayor.
“Instead, at the end of a third term many viewed as overstaying his welcome and resulting in a decline in his approval, Bloomberg cut Quinn’s throat,” he wrote.
Baldwin described Bloomberg as a “collector” who would continue to seek out political status to satisfy his desire for prestige.
“Bloomberg is bright, a gentleman, an enormously successful business leader. And, like others with a lot of cash on hand, a collector,” he concluded. “In Bloomberg’s case, it is a collection of prestigious accomplishments that will help him complete himself. All at public expense.”
1- in 2008, Michael Bloomberg was poised to go into the record books as one of the better mayors in modern NY history.
Then he spent over $100m to overturn the City’s term limits, claiming that the financial crisis at the time demanded he remain in office to lend his expertise.— HABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) February 18, 2020
2- Bloomberg refused to answer the question as to whether he would withhold that expert advise if the term limit were not upended. He went on to win a third term, in part due to the role of Christine Quinn as his handmaiden in the NY City Council.
— HABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) February 18, 2020
3- Quinn delivered the change of term limits in what many believed was a deal for Bloomberg’s
endorsement of her mayoral bid.
Instead, at the end of a third term many viewed as overstaying his welcome and resulting in a decline in his approval, Bloomberg cut Quinn’s throat…— HABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) February 18, 2020
4- cut her throat and did not support her campaign.
Bloomberg was a Republican when it suited his purposes, became a Democrat when it suited his purposes, spent close to $300m of his own $ for three NYC mayoral races. When he wants something, he simply buys it.— HABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) February 18, 2020
5- Bloomberg is bright, a gentleman, an enormously successful business leader.
And, like others with a lot of cash on hand, a collector.
In Bloomberg’s case, it is a collection of prestigious accomplishments that will help him complete himself.
All at public expense.— HABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) February 18, 2020
Alec Baldwin has toyed with the idea of running for mayor of New York City over the years, but high profile incidents of violent outbursts in public might prevent it from happening.
In January 2019, Baldwin plead guilty to second-degree harassment charges after a high-profile scuffle in 2018 with a man over a parking lot spot.
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