Bloomberg Ad Shows Him 'Endorsed' By Dogs After That Cringeworthy Snout Shake

Michael Bloomberg s latest campaign video has him getting the endorsement of several dogs even if he likes shaking them by the snout .

The former New York City mayor and 2020 presidential hopeful released a 30-second video on Wednesday in which a number of pooches express their approval of him, via some helpful voice-over actors.

Mikes not afraid of the NRA, one puppy says. Not one bit.

Dog people get me. Dogs too. #DogsFurMike pic.twitter.com/gGejm10vZQ

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Dog people get me. Dogs too. #DogsFurMike pic.twitter.com/gGejm10vZQ
Mike Bloomberg (@MikeBloomberg) January 29, 2020

Earlier this week, a video of the billionaire awkwardly interacting with a dog went viral.

In that video, Bloomberg can be seen greeting some folks during a campaign stop in Vermont. He pets a dog, then shakes a couple of peoples hands, then grabs the dogs face for a moment, as though it were also a persons hand. The dog, which wags its tail throughout the whole encounter, doesnt seem distressed by it.

I regret to inform you that Mike Bloomberg attempted to shake a dogs mouth. pic.twitter.com/hKsagJ4xAf

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I regret to inform you that Mike Bloomberg attempted to shake a dogs mouth. pic.twitter.com/hKsagJ4xAf
Christopher J. Hale (@chrisjollyhale) January 28, 2020

Bloomberg apparently greeted another dog the same way at a 2013 event in New York, according to a photo taken at the time.

pic.twitter.com/QNqtpZHfkq

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Wednesdays campaign video amassed more than 200,000 views within a few hours. The former mayor himself tweeted it out with the hashtag #DogsFurMike, writing: Dog people get me. Dogs too.

At the end of the video, Bloombergs own dog Cody approves the message, and we see a photo of Bloomberg petting a dogs head the normal, human way. In 2011, The New York Times reported that the then-mayor had a somewhat distant relationship with his girlfriends Labradors, Bonnie and Clyde, which he permitted to live with him but refused to care for.

Bloombergs campaign team did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the ad.

As of press time, dogs were still unable to vote.