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Former Mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Chelsea Clinton pose for a photo at a press conference on Dec. 15, 2014, in New York City.
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Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton said she’ll save former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg the trouble of deciding whether to jump into the 2016 race by winning her party’s nomination.
“The way I read what he said is, if I don’t get the nomination, he might consider it,” Clinton said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “Well, I’m going to relieve him of that and get the nomination so he doesn’t have to.”