Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg said Tuesday he cannot win the Democratic presidential nomination unless there is a contested Democratic National Convention, which will only happen if no candidate wins at least 1,991 delegates in the primaries.
"Well, I don't think that I can win any other ways," Bloomberg said at his campaign office in Miami, Florida, according to NBC News.
"But contested convention is a democratic process," he said. "There are rules in the Democratic Party of how you go about this. And I did see Bernie Sanders said all of a sudden, he didn't want to follow the rules.
"I find it offensive that Bernie Sanders, who the last time he ran was in favor of that kind of a convention, and now was opposed to it," Bloomberg continued. "I guess where you stand depends on where you sit."
The Democratic field has slimmed significantly since the previous election. Billionaire Tom Steyer, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg all dropped out after poor showings in the South Carolina primary Saturday.
Bloomberg added he does not know if he will win any of the 14 states and one U.S. territory that is voting March 3, Super Tuesday, which his campaign had been targeting over the four states that held their primaries or caucuses earlier.
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