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Line 113: ==Endorsements== {{main\|List of Michael Bloomberg 2020 presidential campaign endorsements}} Bloomberg has faced criticism by a few media outlets for "buying endorsements".<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Cheadle \|first1=Harry \|title=Here's How Much You Can Make if You Sell Out for Bloomberg \|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pkeze7/heres-how-much-you-can-make-if-you-sell-out-for-bloomberg \|access-date=20 February 2020 \|work=Vice \|date=14 February 2020 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last1=Feldman \|first1=Brian \|title=Facebook’s Election Rules Are No Match for Bloomberg’s Billions \|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/02/facebooks-election-rules-are-no-match-for-bloombergs-money.html \|access-date=20 February 2020 \|work=New York Magazine \|agency=Intelligencer \|date=19 February 2020 \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last1=Fernholz \|first1=Tim \|title=Bloomberg is running the billionaire vote-buying campaign we expected from Trump \|url=https://qz.com/1802367/detailing-mike-bloombergs-unprecedented-2020-campaign-spending/ \|access-date=20 February 2020 \|work=Quartz \|date=14 February 2020 \|language=en}}</ref> According to ''[[HuffPost]]'', the presidential candidate donated millions of dollars to the Congressional candidates before later receiving their endorsements.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Redden \|first1=Molly \|title=Bloomberg Spent Millions To Put Them In Congress. Now, They're Endorsing Him. \|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-bloomberg-endorsements-super-pac-donations_n_5e42d420c5b6b70887083093 \|access-date=20 February 2020 \|work=HuffPost \|date=11 February 2020 \|language=en-US}}</ref> Charities controlled by Michael Bloomberg, such as [[Bloomberg Philanthropies]], have reportedly given grants and training to city mayors throughout the country soon forming a network of mayors willing to support his campaign.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Burns \|first1=Alexander \|last2=Kulish \|first2=Nicholas \|last3=Goldmacher \|first3=Shane \|title='Mayors for Mike': How Bloomberg’s Money Built a 2020 Political Network \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/14/us/politics/bloomberg-mayors-2020.html \|access-date=20 February 2020 \|work=The New York Times \|date=14 December 2019 \|location=Stockton, California \|language=en-US}}</ref> One incident reported by the ''[[Detroit Free Press]]'' had Bloomberg receiving an endorsement from [[Wayne County, Michigan\|Wayne County Executive]] [[Warren Evans]] after his campaign hired Evans's wife.<ref name="DFP">{{cite news \|last1=Spangler \|first1=Todd \|title=Report: Michael Bloomberg hired Warren Evans' wife before endorsement \|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/02/19/michael-bloomberg-hired-warren-evans-wife-endorsement/4809287002/ \|access-date=20 February 2020 \|work=Detroit Free Press \|date=19 February 2019 \|language=en-US}}</ref> == References ==