Michael Bloomberg isn’t actually running for president in 2016, but that doesn’t mean his “presidential ambitions” aren’t the National Rifle Association’s latest target.
The NRA is buying TV ads that will highlight Bloomberg’s influence over the 2016 race in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada, and buying digital ads in South Carolina, according to The Blaze. The ad directs viewers to the website, MeetBloomberg.com.
“If he doesn’t run himself for president, he wants to pick the president,” NRA spokeswoman Catherine Mortensen told The Blaze. “He will be part of the next presidential race whether he is a candidate or not.”
And it is Bloomberg’s interests that should have conservatives worried, the NRA said.
Bloomberg, the founder of Everytown for Gun Safety, has already spent $50 million across the country to advocate for gun control.
He is also a big proponent of the nanny state, especially when it comes to things like soda regulations.
“Michael Bloomberg has disdain for freedoms,” Mortensen said. “This was to show that what he wants to do with guns is the same thing he wants to do with soda. It’s the same MO.”
Watch the ad below:
