{ STREETZ MORNING TAKEOVER } Bloomberg: I will support any Democratic nominee — including Sanders

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Bernie Sanders has been a relentless critic of Michael Bloomberg, accusing him of trying to buy the nomination and railing against the former New York mayor as the embodiment of a rising oligarchy in America.

Still, Bloomberg said on Wednesday night he will support Sanders if he wins the primary. And spend to help him, despite signals from Sanders’ campaign that they don’t want his help.

“I always thought it’s ridiculous to say I will support the candidate no matter who it is, because you might not agree with him,” Bloomberg said. “That’s how we got Donald Trump. The (Republican) party supported him no matter how bad he was. They shouldn’t have done that.”

But for Democrats, Bloomberg added, it was different.

“It’s easy to make the commitment to support any of the Democratic candidates if they get the nomination,” he said. “It’s easy to do it because the alternative is Donald Trump, and that we don’t want.”

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