Kevin Sheekey, Bloomberg campaign manager: 'We're running to replace the president'

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🗓️ 17 December 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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At Bloomberg campaign headquarters in NY last week, campaign manager Kevin Sheekey explained why Michael Bloomberg entered the race and why he believes a national campaign can win.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Jonathan Cape Heart, and welcome to Cape Up.
0:05.0	Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, has toyed with running for president at least twice before.
0:12.0	But now he's in it, because he's afraid President Trump could win re-election.
0:17.0	It's a sense of urgency that's shared by a man known to politicians and journalists by only one name.
0:23.1	Sheecky.
0:24.4	Kevin Sheecky is Bloomberg's campaign manager.
0:27.6	I sat down with him at campaign headquarters in New York City on December 12th.
0:32.2	He'll walk us through Bloomberg's multi-pronged,
0:34.6	never tried before campaign.
0:36.6	Listen, Mike Bloomberg is in this race
0:37.9	to put a few nails in Donald Trump's coffin
0:39.8	as President States.
0:41.3	Here the rest right now.
0:44.0	Kevin Sheikke, welcome to the podcast.
0:46.0	It's great to be here.
0:48.0	So full disclosure, we have known each other for almost 20 years.
0:52.0	Can't be that long. Yes, it has. You are too young a man for it 20 years.
0:52.6	Can't be that long.
0:53.4	Yes, it has.
0:54.4	You are too young a man for it to be that long.
0:55.6	You are correct.
0:56.5	And I was a policy advisor on then private citizen Mike Bloomberg's first campaign for mayor.
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