Dahleen Glanton: If Michael Bloomberg is the Democratic nominee, African Americans will take one for the team and vote for him
by Dahleen Glanton, Chicago Tribune
Feb 24, 2020
3 minutes
Nearly every day, something ugly is exposed about Michael Bloomberg's past. In a normal presidential election year, such a steady drip of racist and misogynistic vitriol would have doomed a candidate from the start.
But we are living in a different political environment now, where a candidate's viability is determined solely by whether he or she can defeat Donald Trump in November. Everything else, including one's moral fortitude, seems less important.
When it comes to Bloomberg, Democrats are demanding a lot from African Americans. Those who are convinced that he is the
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