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by SEAN MORAN<\/p>\n
Billionaire and failed Democrat presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg pledged to spend at least $100 million to flip Florida in favor of former Vice President Joe Biden, according to a report released on Sunday.<\/h3>\n
The\u00a0Washington Post<\/em>\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0Bloomberg hopes, according to his adviser Howard Wolfson, to encourage early voting to \u201cgive lie to what we expect to be Trump\u2019s election night messaging that Democrats are stealing the election, because unlike other battleground states, Florida counts its absentee ballots on or by Election Day.\u201d<\/p>\n Capturing Florida during the 2020 presidential election would give Biden a sizeable boost over President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n The Cook Political Report changed the prediction for Florida towards Trump, as the Report altered the state\u2019s rating from \u201cleans Democratic\u201d to \u201ctoss up.\u201d Many recent polls in Florida have shown the race for the state tightening between Biden and Trump.<\/p>\n Bloomberg\u2019s $100 million commitment to help Biden take Florida arises as Hawkfish, an analytic firm funded by Bloomberg, claimed that Trump would likely appear to win the 2020 presidential election on Election Day, but may lose once mail-in and absentee ballots are counted.<\/p>\n Hawkfish describes this scenario as a \u201cred mirage.\u201d<\/p>\n Bloomberg also\u00a0pledged<\/a>\u00a0$60 million to help House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) keep the House majority.<\/p>\n Bloomberg\u00a0spent<\/a>\u00a0at least $600 million on his failed presidential campaign that lasted only 101 days.<\/p>\n Kevin Sheekey told the\u00a0Washington Post<\/em>\u00a0Bloomberg\u2019s investment in Florida would allow Democrats to focus on other swing states.<\/p>\n \u201cVoting starts on Sept. 24 in Florida so the need to inject real capital in that state quickly is an urgent need,\u201d Sheekey\u00a0said<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cMike believes that by investing in Florida it will allow campaign resources and other Democratic resources to be used in other states, in particular the state of Pennsylvania,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n