Team Bloomy outspent the NRA 6-to-1 and got crushed, and he’s claiming he… errr, won, really?
Via TPM:
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Wednesday that he doesn’t believe the recall last week of two Colorado state senators who voted for expanded gun control laws was a loss for his gun control group.
The recall has widely been viewed as a battle between Bloomberg’s gun control group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, which sent dozens of organizers to Colorado in support of the senators, and the National Rifle Association, which pushed for the recall and supported their opponents. However, at a press conference Wednesday, Bloomberg argued the election was really a victory for advocates of stricter gun control because the laws supported by the senators were still in place.
“The truth of the matter is, in Colorado, the NRA lost. We got the law passed, and it’s the law of Colorado,” said Bloomberg. “It helps the citizens of Colorado, but because you can buy guns and transport them easily across borders, all the other 49 states in this country are better off.”
Bloomberg also said the NRA was only able to defeat two politicians that they identified as especially weak.
HT: Neal