Michael Bloomberg’s gun control group plans to shell out $10 million to help elect Democratic attorneys general during President Trump’s second term, The New York Times reported. The investment is aimed at protecting the rule of law and democracy, according to the group. Everytown for Gun Safety will support Democratic candidates in 10 crucial states. According to John Feinblatt, the organization’s president, these include Virginia this fall, and Arizona, Georgia, Minnesota, Nevada, and Wisconsin, among others, next year. The former New York mayor and Democratic megadonor’s pledge is significant as he seemed reluctant to back Kamala Harris last year. That is, until his fellow billionaires persuaded him to give $50 million to a nonprofit group supporting her campaign in late October. For years, Everytown for Gun Safety has spent money on down-ballot efforts to elect Democrats in state legislatures, especially in competitive places where gun control measures stand a chance of being enacted. Attorneys general “are trying to protect the rule of law,” Feinblatt told the Times. “They’re trying to protect the things that are in every basic textbook of American democracy.” He added: “We want to make sure that the A.G.s know that groups like us will support them if they do the right thing, and we want them to know that we have their back today and we’ll have their backs in 2026.”
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