whether or not they think bloomberg can win the democratic nomination, they re not taking him seriously at all. in fact, the sanders campaign doesn t believe that bloomberg has a constituency from which to draw enough support to win the nomination. instead, they re attacking what they believe he represents. and that is the corporate influence and politics and how that s a big problem. i got the chance to sit down one on one today with the sanders campaign manager, and he crystallized that belief. they don t think bloomberg can win, but they want to make sure people understand what his entry into the race means. everyone who wants to run, come on in, the water s warm. throw your hat in the ring. if you can demonstrate you have grass roots support, hustle and get votes inspect don t sit in a chair in some manhattan sky rise and decide you re going to be a
mr. bloomberg has very little grass roots support, but he has decided because he is worth $55 billion that he can run for president of the united states. you know, listen, we have to get the money out of politics. let me just be honest with you. i have to raise a ton of money to be competitive and some people started the race with $10 million. money will not win this election. connecting with people will. to me, politically, alex, there is a few ways that this didn t shake out. and bloomberg could take the pressure off of joe biden in using the money to go after am sof the progressives in the race like elizabeth warren and bernie sanders who have shown a willingness to spar with bloomberg and not holding back as you saw in the clip, but the other way is that he is a perfect foil for them, so as i am out here on the campaign trail, i am looking for the ways it is shaking out now that it is
family in antapuesta? robin a big fan of msnbc. i know you are headed this way after the show today. we are welcoming you here with open arms. ali? you ve covered a lot of hurricanes. for your guest to tell you there that she was there for betsy in 65, it s like, okay, she knows what she s talking about. but i m glad people have prepared medicine is a big deal. having water, having food, and knowing if you know anybody who needs dialysis. people in a nursing home. i think this neighborly message is important. people if they can take care of themselves and their neighbors, this becomes less of an issue for authorities. mariana, i will see you in florida. all right. turning now to the 2020 race for the white house, we are taking a closer look at south carolina, a critical early voting state for candidates to build grassroots support, particularly from african-american voters. former vice president joe biden has maintained a large lead in
we re building a grassroots support. and i think that as we explain and people see the actual language and legislators can look at this and see that, look, there is a protection in there, you do have to go to court. the burden is upon the prosecutor to prove that this person is a danger to themselves or danger to others, and to prove the other elements that are in there. right. i think that people will say, look, that is due process. and i can accept that because well, let me ask you our friends with the second amendment, everybody agrees, anderson, we have some people out there we have to separate from their guns. i mean, for their own protection and for the protection of others. i think everybody agrees with that. the question is how we do it. right. i understand you saying obviously you re the governor of ohio, you have a lot to focus on. you were a senator, though, and as a citizen of the country, is there something that can only be done at the national level that you
this morning the mayor and i were together. we put together a group of pastors, ministers in dayton, over 100 of them. we did that so i could explain to them what my proposals were and they re comprehensive. as you said, they involve a lot of different things. certainly help with people to identify people who have a mental health problem early, early on, as a key component of that. but we have very good support from that group. it is a very diverse group. every religion frankly in the dayton area. we re building a grassroots support. and i think that as we explain and people see the actual language and legislators can look at this and see that, look, there is a protection in there, you do have to go to court. the burden is upon the prosecutor to prove that this person is a danger to themselves or danger to others, and to prove the other elements that are in there. right. i think that people will say, look, that is due process. and i can accept that because our friends for the sec