Bloomberg spending millions on Biden push in Texas, Ohio
By Jordan Williams - 10/27/20 09:11 AM EDT
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is spending about $15 million on television advertising for former Vice President Joe Biden in Texas and Ohio as the Democratic nominee tries to put the pressure on President Trump in a pair of states he won comfortably in 2016, the New York Times reports.
Howard Wolfson, an adviser to the former Democratic presidential nominee told the Times that Bloomberg allowed his team to buy the ads on Monday morning. His Super PAC Independence USA will air Biden television ads in all television markets across both states.
Wolfson told the newspaper that the ads would highlight the spike in new coronavirus cases across the nation under Trump. The moves in Texas will also include some Spanish advertisements to target the states large Latino population.
In Ohio, the Super PAC will focus it's advertisements on Biden’s “build back better†message.
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