Michael Bloomberg Invoked 9/11 To Score Political Points

Invoking Sept. 11 was a curious move for the former Republican — and not just because he wasn’t in office at the time of the attacks. Bloomberg, who has defended the invasion of Iraq, spoke at the 2004 Republican National Convention, and endorsed former President George W. Bush for reelection, needs to earn support from progressive voters. And when Bloomberg did become mayor, he responded to the Sept. 11 attacks by authorizing a New York Police Department program to spy on Muslim Americans. After the Associated Press exposed the surveillance program in a Pulitzer Prize-winning series, Bloomberg defended the program as “what you would want” the police to do. 

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