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Bloomberg trying 'to buy the presidency': Sanders

US Democratic presidential candidate Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders addresses supporters during a campaign rally in Denver, Colorado on February 16, 2020. (AFP photo)

Democratic US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has once again attacked his primary rival Michael Bloomberg, accusing the billionaire of trying to "buy the presidency" with TV ads worth millions of dollars.

Sanders, who was speaking on Sunday during a campaign in Nevada, touched upon the former New York City mayor's absence from the early primary states while criticizing him for spending more than any other candidate on TV advertising for the 2020 presidential election.

"Hey guys, how do you buy the presidency? Well, you buy the presidency, at least he's gonna try to buy the presidency, by spending hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars on TV ads," Sanders said.

"I didn't see Mike in Iowa...I didn't see Mike in New Hampshire...hey you know what? I didn't see him here in Nevada!"

He went on to say that "the American people are sick and tired of billionaires buying elections."

According to a CNBC analysis, what Bloomberg has spent equates to more than twice the amount of money President Donald Trump and every one of his Democratic rivals combined have spent so far this election cycle.

Sanders’ attack comes a day after he said Bloomberg would not generate the “excitement and energy” needed to win the White House.

“The simple truth is that Mayor Bloomberg, with all his money, will not create the kind of excitement and energy we need to have the voter turnout we must have to defeat Donald Trump,” Sanders said at a Democratic party gala.

The Vermont senator is critical of Bloomberg’s stances on minimum wage laws, policing, taxing the rich and regulating Wall Street.


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