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Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Trump Labels Bloomberg 'Mini Mike'


President Trump on Monday ripped Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg and his eponymous news service hours after Trump's 2020 campaign said it would not credential reporters from Bloomberg News at future events, according to The Hill.


The president was referencing the five-foot-eight-inch Bloomberg and a memo from Bloomberg News that said the organization would not investigate any Democratic presidential candidates in light of its owner getting into the primary race.

The NY Times was among the news outlets that issued a statement condemning the Trump campaign's decision to stop granting credentials to Bloomberg News reporters.

Trump's tweet marked an escalation of the president's criticisms of the former New York City mayor and his long-running efforts to paint certain media outlets as biased.

The campaign earlier Monday announced a new policy in response to a Bloomberg News memo stating the company would not conduct in-depth investigations of Bloomberg or his rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination in an effort to avoid issues of bias within the primary.

The company said it would continue to investigate the Trump administration "as the government of the day,” but that it would reassess how to do that if Bloomberg wins the Democratic nomination next year.

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