Steve Bullock Wants To Battle!

Montana governor Steve Bullock jumps into the race.

Enter another candidate who is hoping to win the Democratic nomination.

Montana's governor Steve Bullock is another candidate in this race for the President of the United States. He joins a long list of candidates who willing to take on Donald J. Trump.

Trump has a 65% chance of winning reelection. Despite the controversies, Trump still has an extremely loyal base of supporters. He is truly an incompetent leader. However, given how the junk food media covers him and caters to him, despite him calling them "fake news," Trump has managed to win the narratives.

Democrats have assortment of newcomers, perennials and lesser-knowns.

I haven't even gotten to the four candidates who are running but never got recognition.

I will cover it soon.

To give everyone a fair shot, we must do more than defeat Donald Trump. We have to defeat the corrupt system that keeps people like him in power, and we need a fighter who's done it before.

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— Steve Bullock (@GovernorBullock) May 14, 2019

Anyway, Bullock is entering the race as one of those moderate Democrats who want to build bridges with the Republicans. He launched his campaign Tuesday in a high school science classroom he once attended.

Bullock said it's that executive experience – and the fact that he is a Democratic governor in a state President Trump won in 2016 – that sets him apart in a crowded field.

"I'm the only one that actually won in a Trump state. I was on the ballot when Trump got elected. He took Montana by 20. I won by four," Bullock told CBS News in his first television interview as a 2020 candidate.

Bullock says that he wants to be a president who can appeal to folks who are not keen on the status quo.

Do you think Steve Bullock qualified to be President of the United States? (Expect far-right trolls to pick the dumbest answers)

Yes. Steve Bullock is capable of handling the country. He seems like he could build bridges between Democrats and Republicans. Bullock is capable of beating President Donald Trump. Bullock has the potential to be a good president.

No. Steve Bullock wants to appeal to a base that won't support him regardless. He will not appeal to progressives if he's willing to support Republican policies. President Donald Trump doesn't want to work with Democrats. Why would Bullock want to run for president just to be appealing to Republicans? Not supporting him.

I have no opinion on Steve Bullock. I have to have more information on him before I support him.

As the two-term governor of Montana, Bullock had carried himself as mover. He signed or vetoing roughly 300 bills passed by the state legislature. He has carried himself as a Democrat in a heavily favored Trump state. He along with Rep. Greg Gianforte (R-MT), Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) and Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) represent the Mountain West. The state is all about guns, god and glory.

In his first interview with Ed O'Keefe of CBS News, Bullock said it's his ability to reach across the aisle that separates him from his Democratic opponents.

"I've also been able to really bridge divides here. My legislature's always been 60 percent Republican," Bullock said.

In a field of 23 contenders, it'll be an uphill battle for Bullock to break through. To qualify for the first Democratic presidential debates just over a month away, he'll have to register at least 1% support in 3 separate polls, or find 65,000 unique campaign donors across at least 20 states.

Montana governor is a long shot candidate.

He said he wants to defeat President Trump to make sure every American has a fair shot at being successful. Asked whether he thinks Mr. Trump is a good role model, Bullock said, "No. I don't."
 
"The way that he conducts in the office and divides people, how he belittles people. That's not the example that you want out of the president. When we're expecting more from preschoolers at times than a president, that's not the role model that I think most families want for their kids," Bullock said.

"A majority of Democrats support impeaching the president. A majority of Americans don't. Do you support impeaching President Trump?" O'Keefe asked.

"I support Congress doing full investigations as they should. That's their job," Bullock said, adding, "People are more worried about, am I going to be able to afford college, is my kid going to get sick."

The former Montana attorney general said tackling campaign finance reform in politics is his signature issue. He also wants universal background checks for gun purchases and actions to address climate change. Bullock told us China is a major economic threat, but that new tariffs are hurting American workers.

"Tariffs have hit your state hard. Especially the wheat farmers. And there's been millions given to them in relief. But is that the way to combat China?" O'Keefe said.

Bullock with his family.

"A payment from the Department of Agriculture isn't going to make up for the markets lost. This is going to be long-term injury along the way for our producers. Not just here but all across this country," Bullock said.

"Who is our greatest global foe?" O'Keefe asked.

"I think our greatest global foe potentially is ourselves if we continue to have the level of divisiveness we have," Bullock said. "When the rest of the world sees that Congress and the president can't agree, or the divisiveness we've seen on every single potential military action or other."

"So potentially we are our own worst enemy?" O'Keefe asked.

"Well, I think we can be," he responded.

We also asked Bullock whether he'd be willing to pick one of the women running for president as his running mate. He said there are "incredibly talented women" in the race and in the party, but that there would be several factors in that decision and that he'd look for the most qualified person.

Bullock is married to his wife Lisa and has three children.