Mike Bloomberg has ended his short-lived but very expensive campaign to become the Democratic candidate for president, with reports that he spent $500 million on trying to grab the nomination.
That led folks on Twitter to mostly make the same sports-related joke about the former New York City mayor: if you were going to spend that kind of money — and we know Bloomberg has A LOT of it — on a campaign, why not spend on something more worthwhile like, say, buying the New York Mets?
Here’s a sampling of the reaction as news broke of Bloomberg dropping out on Wednesday morning:
If Mike Bloomberg wanted to dump a billion dollars into a disappointing failure he should’ve just bought the Mets
— Richard Staff (@Staff7998) March 4, 2020
If Mike Bloomberg is still in the mood to light millions, if not billions of dollars on fire, the New York Mets are still for sale.
— Blueshirts Breakaway (@BlueshirtsBreak) March 4, 2020
If Michael Bloomberg wanted to spend hundreds of millions of dollars only to embarrass himself on the national stage, why didn't he just buy the Mets?
— Mike Beauvais (@MikeBeauvais) March 4, 2020
Mike Bloomberg buy the Mets
— Brittany L. Shepherd (@blrshepherd) March 4, 2020
If Bloomberg wanted to waste $500 million to be a complete loser, he could've just bought the Mets. #SuperTuesdayResults #SuperTuesday
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) March 4, 2020
BREAKING: Mike Bloomberg is dropping out, putting in a bid to buy the Mets and moving them to American Samoa pic.twitter.com/hDMvYxpaUn
— Joseph Levy (@JosephL32) March 4, 2020
Bloomberg, just buy the Mets, man. https://t.co/g8oeGMf7po
— John Cassillo (@JohnCassillo) March 4, 2020
Honestly though if Bloomberg can now try to buy the Mets or the Knicks, that would be greeeeeat
— Peter Valentino (@PeterMValentino) March 4, 2020
Bye Bloomberg
Take your billions now and waste them on the New York Mets
Maybe they can benefit from your billions
— Jake Highwell (@JakeHighwell) March 4, 2020
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