Bloomberg Can’t Pander His Way out of His Racially Insensitive Past

Recent leaks could derail Michael Bloomberg’s presidential campaign. He expresses support for racial profiling and stop-and-frisk; many voters believe these policies are racist. Are the Democrats handing Trump a 2020 victory? Democratic presidential candidates need to court African Americans to win the party’s nomination. A new audio leak of an allegedly-racist speech from 2015 will only make that challenge more difficult for Michael Bloomberg. No amount of cringe-inducing pandering will be able to undo this mess. Bloomberg is already being compared unfavorably to Donald Trump. If the Democrats don’t get…