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| New York mayor sets up Super Pac to support issues including gun control | New York mayor sets up Super Pac to support issues including gun control |
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| Michael Bloomberg is setting up a Super Pac through which he intends to plough millions of dollars of his own money in an attempt to support political candidates prepared to tackle such contentious issues as gun control and same-sex marriage. | Michael Bloomberg is setting up a Super Pac through which he intends to plough millions of dollars of his own money in an attempt to support political candidates prepared to tackle such contentious issues as gun control and same-sex marriage. |
| The mayor of New York is preparing to invest up to $15m of his personal fortune backing candidates from both main parties who in his view are prepared to buck the trend towards increasing partisanship and dissension in American politics. | The mayor of New York is preparing to invest up to $15m of his personal fortune backing candidates from both main parties who in his view are prepared to buck the trend towards increasing partisanship and dissension in American politics. |
| According to the New York Times which revealed the creation of the Super Pac, Bloomberg is particularly keen to encourage great debate in the areas of gun control, same-sex marriage and reform of public schools. | According to the New York Times which revealed the creation of the Super Pac, Bloomberg is particularly keen to encourage great debate in the areas of gun control, same-sex marriage and reform of public schools. |
| As the mayor approaches the end of his term in January 2014, he is increasingly focusing his energies on outside political interests of which his new Super Pac is likely to form part. It will stand in stark contrast to most Super Pacs operating in this election cycle – though they are dominated by billionaires like him, they have tended to be devoted to furthering right-wing causes. | As the mayor approaches the end of his term in January 2014, he is increasingly focusing his energies on outside political interests of which his new Super Pac is likely to form part. It will stand in stark contrast to most Super Pacs operating in this election cycle – though they are dominated by billionaires like him, they have tended to be devoted to furthering right-wing causes. |
| Top of the lists of concerns of the new Super Pac appears to be gun control, a passion of Bloomberg's that he pursues through Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a coalition of 700 mayors from across the country in favour of greater measures to combat gun violence. In the wake of the second presidential debate on Tuesday night, Bloomberg was scathing about the comments of both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney during their exchange over firearms. | Top of the lists of concerns of the new Super Pac appears to be gun control, a passion of Bloomberg's that he pursues through Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a coalition of 700 mayors from across the country in favour of greater measures to combat gun violence. In the wake of the second presidential debate on Tuesday night, Bloomberg was scathing about the comments of both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney during their exchange over firearms. |
| He criticised Obama for failing to live up to the promise he made during the 2008 race for the White House to reintroduce a federal ban on semi-automatic assault rifles, and he equally lambasted Romney for saying he was opposed to any new laws related to the possession of weapons. "One candidate has had four years to do something and hasn't, and the other candidate says he won't even do what he once did," Bloomberg said. | He criticised Obama for failing to live up to the promise he made during the 2008 race for the White House to reintroduce a federal ban on semi-automatic assault rifles, and he equally lambasted Romney for saying he was opposed to any new laws related to the possession of weapons. "One candidate has had four years to do something and hasn't, and the other candidate says he won't even do what he once did," Bloomberg said. |
| He was particularly caustic about the attempt of both presidential candidates to relate gun violence back to inadequate education in US cities, with Romney even pointing the finger at single-parent families. "They had all this gibberish talking about education," Bloomberg said. "That education is the solution to stop the killing. My recollection is that the Aurora theater shooter was a PhD candidate. The Virginia Tech massacre was committed by a student at a first-class university." | He was particularly caustic about the attempt of both presidential candidates to relate gun violence back to inadequate education in US cities, with Romney even pointing the finger at single-parent families. "They had all this gibberish talking about education," Bloomberg said. "That education is the solution to stop the killing. My recollection is that the Aurora theater shooter was a PhD candidate. The Virginia Tech massacre was committed by a student at a first-class university." |
| The Super Pac, the New York Times reports, will be headed by Howard Wolfson, a senior adviser to Bloomberg who was Hillary Clinton's communications chief in the 2008 battle for the Democratic presidential nomination. Candidates who will receive support from the funding body are said to include Bob Dold, a Republican member of Congress from Illinois who has pushed for gun controls and Angus King, an independent running for the US Senate in Maine. | The Super Pac, the New York Times reports, will be headed by Howard Wolfson, a senior adviser to Bloomberg who was Hillary Clinton's communications chief in the 2008 battle for the Democratic presidential nomination. Candidates who will receive support from the funding body are said to include Bob Dold, a Republican member of Congress from Illinois who has pushed for gun controls and Angus King, an independent running for the US Senate in Maine. |
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