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‘He made a mistake’: will California’s black voters look past Bloomberg’s stop-and-frisk past?

As Super Tuesday looms, the New York mayor has been emphasizing his push for gun legislation and policies on systemic racism

As presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg heads into the primary elections on Super Tuesday, the question of whether black voters will be able to look past the New York mayor’s legacy of stop-and-frisk continues to loom over his campaign.

Bloomberg has poured millions into progressive efforts such as climate change and gun violence prevention: two issues that disproportionately harm black people. On Wednesday, Bloomberg appeared in San Francisco to kick off a series of events highlighting his record of standing up to the gun lobby and pushing for stricter gun legislation.

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Source: Elections - theguardian.com


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