“We had years where people were saying a couple hundred thousand dollars in barely literate Facebook ads from Russians caused Donald Trump to win. Here you had a guy spend nearly $1 billion and he went nowhere. It’s a humiliating defeat for Michael Bloomberg.”
https://thefederalist.com/2020/03/05/hemingway-if-bloomberg-couldnt-buy-2020-how-could-russia-buy-2016/
Molly Hemmingway is one of the most astute political observers/commentators in media today. Dems had little problem with Bloomberg's half billion dollar attempt to buy an election. The programs Dams hope to implement are far more destructive to America than anything the Russian social media propaganda effort promoted.